@article {Herron:1991:0022-2526:269, title = "Observations on the Role of Vorticity in the Stability Theory of Wall Bounded Flows", journal = "Studies in Applied Mathematics", parent_itemid = "infobike://bpl/sapm", publishercode ="bp", year = "1991", volume = "85", number = "3", publication date ="1991-10-01T00:00:00", pages = "269-286", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0022-2526", eissn = "1467-9590", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/sapm/1991/00000085/00000003/art00005", doi = "doi:10.1002/sapm1991853269", author = "Herron, Isom H.", abstract = "The linearized equations for the evolution of disturbances to four wall bounded flows are treated. The flows are plane Couette flow and plane Poiseuille flow, HagenPoiseuille pipe flow, and the asymptotic suction profile. By looking at the vorticity it is proved simply that plane Couette flow and HagenPoiseuille flow are linearly stable. Further study is made of the structure of the disturbance equation by the introduction of a special vorticity adjoint.", }