Viscoelastic potential flow instability theory of Rivlin-Ericksen electrified fluids of cylindrical interface

A linear electrohydrodynamic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of the interface between two viscoelastic Rivlin-Ericksen fluids enclosed by two concentric horizontal cylinders has been studied via the viscoelastic potential flow theory. The dispersion equation of complex coefficients for asymmetric disturbance has been obtained by using normal mode technique. the stability criteria are analyzed theoretically and illustrated graphically. The imaginary part of growth rate is plotted versus the wave number. The influences of dynamic viscoelastic, uniform velocities, Reynolds number, electric field, dynamic viscosity, density fluids ratio, dielectric constant ratio and inner fluid fraction on the stability of the system are discussed. The study finds its significance in Ocean pipelines to transfer oil or gas such as Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline. (c) 2022 Shanghai Jiaotong University. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ )