Elevated low-frequency free-stream vortical disturbances eliminate boundary-layer separation

DOI10.1017/jfm.2021.441zbMath1492.76044OpenAlexW3166249593MaRDI QIDQ5012132

Xuesong Wu, Dongdong Xu

Publication date: 31 August 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.441

zbMATH Keywords

finite difference methodboundary layer stabilityboundary layer receptivityconcave wallGoertler vortexnonlinear mean-flow distortionstreak

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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