A note on the generation of Tollmien-Schlichting waves by sudden surface-curvature change

DOI10.1017/S0022112087002192zbMath0646.76050MaRDI QIDQ3790820

Lennart S. Hultgren, Marvin E. Goldstein

Publication date: 1987

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

zbMATH Keywords

bounding surfacelocal Orr-Sommerfeld equationspatially growing Toollmien-Schlichting wavesvery long-wavelength free- stream disturbances

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Scattering of acoustic waves into Tollmien-Schlichting waves by small streamwise variations in surface geometry
• Boundary-Layer Flow Near the Trailing Edge of a Flat Plate

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