Nonparallel stability of boundary-layer flows Academic Article

abstract

• The spatial stability of two-dimensional incompressible boundary-layer flows is analyzed using the method of multiple scales. The analysis takes into account the streamwise variations of the mean flow, the disturbance amplitude, and the wavenumber. The theory is applied to the Blasius and the FalknerSkan flows. For the Blasius flow, the nonparallel analytical results are in good agreement with the experimental data. The results show that the nonparallel effects increase as the pressure gradient decreases.

authors

• Saric, William

published proceedings

• The Physics of Fluids

author list (cited authors)

• Saric, W. S., & Nayfeh, A. H.

citation count

• 182

complete list of authors

• Saric, William S||Nayfeh, Ali Hasan

publication date

• August 1975

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Physics of Fluids  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.861266

start page

• 945

end page

• 950

volume

• 18

issue

• 8

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.861266