Three-dimensional instabilities in steady and unsteady non-parallel boundary layers, including effects of Tollmien-Schlichting disturbances and cross flow

DOI10.1098/rspa.1987.0015zbMath0634.76043OpenAlexW2009711420MaRDI QIDQ3773582

P. A. Stewart, Frank T. Smith

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1987.0015

zbMATH Keywords

three-dimensional boundary layersCross flow effectshigh-frequency stability analysisnon-parallel basic flowThree-dimensional linear stabilityunsteady two-dimensional Tollmien-Schlichting motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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