A note on the absolute instability of wakes

DOI10.1016/S0997-7546(99)00108-9zbMath0958.76027MaRDI QIDQ1964303

N. Peake, M. J. Taylor

Publication date: 9 April 2001

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

absolute instabilityOrr-Sommerfeld equationsaddle pointsdouble Blasius profileFalkner-Skan boundary-layer solutionsflat-plate wakeinviscid familywake profiles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute and convective instability and stability in hydrodynamic stability (76E15) Wakes and jets (76D25) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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