Generation of Tollmien–Schlichting waves on interactive marginally separated flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112087002180zbMath0644.76037OpenAlexW2050066707MaRDI QIDQ3787650

Stewart J. Leib, Stephen J. Cowley, Marvin E. Goldstein

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112087002180

zbMATH Keywords

eigensolutionsTollmien-Schlichting wavemarginal separationinitial instabilityinteractive marginally separated boundary layerlong-wavelength free-stream disturbancesminimum-skin-friction point

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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