biorthogonality condition for axisymmetric stokes flow in spherical geometries双正交球面几何图形的轴对称斯托克斯流条件.pdfVIP

Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. Vol. 23, No. 10 (2000) 711–715 S0161171200002891 ©Hindawi Publishing Corp. BIORTHOGONALITY CONDITION FOR AXISYMMETRIC STOKES FLOW IN SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES S. A. KHURI (Received 15 September 1997) Abstract. We derive the biorthogonality condition for axisymmetric Stokes flow in a re- gion between two concentric spheres. This biorthogonality condition is a property satis- fied by the eigenfunctions and adjoint eigenfunctions, which is needed to compute the coefficients of the eigenfunction expansion solution of the corresponding creeping flow problem. Keywords and phrases. Eigenvalues, eigenfunctions, eigenfunction expansion, biorthogo- nality conditions, Stokes flow. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 76D07, 76D99, 35P10. 1. Introduction. Recently, the eigenfunction expansion method has been used ex- tensively for solving problems of Stokes flow. The method leads to the development of a set of eigenfunctions, adjoint eigenfunctions, biorthogonality conditions and an algorithm for the computation of the eigenfunction expansions. This technique was first introduced by Smith [10] in his solution of the biharmonic problem governing the bending of a semi-infinite strip clamped at its side and loaded at its top edge. The biorthogonal series expansion method was also used by Joseph [2] in his study of the free surface on the round edge of a flowing liquid filling a torsion flow viscome- ter and by Joseph and Sturges [3] in the steady flow induced in a rectangular cavity by the uniform translation of a covering plate or belt. Similar biorthogonal eigenfunction expansions and biorthogonality conditions are required for the axisymmetric Stokes flow problems in a wedge shaped trench studied by Liu and Joseph [7], the axisym-