Instability of isolated boundary-layer streaks to spatially-developing travelling waves

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2019.04.011zbMath1476.76036OpenAlexW2940509323WikidataQ128023947 ScholiaQ128023947MaRDI QIDQ2425006

Richard E. Hewitt, Peter W. Duck

Publication date: 26 June 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/instability-of-isolated-boundarylayer-streaks-to-spatiallydeveloping-travelling-waves(47c306c0-f9cd-41a0-8ec9-b00ec8b095c7).html

zbMATH Keywords

stabilityBlausius boundary layerlinear harmonic injectionnon-parallel eigenvalue formulationparabolised Navier-Stokes equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Stability and instability of nonparallel flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E09)

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Uses Software

• SLEPc
• MUMPS

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