UNSPECIFIED (1992) THE NONLINEAR STABILITY OF FLOWS OVER COMPLIANT WALLS. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 239 . pp. 657-670. ISSN 0022-1120

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Abstract

The weakly nonlinear, high-Reynolds-number triple-deck theory of Smith (1979) is applied to Blasius flow over a compliant wall. Attention is concentrated on Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) disturbance waves. We consider wall models of the Carpenter-Garrad type, modified to cater for three-dimensional disturbances, and allowing for the effects of nonlinear wall curvature. Supercritical equilibrium-amplitude states are possible for TS waves in a rigid-wall boundary layer, as is well known (see for example Smith 1979; Hall & Smith 1984). It is found that judicious choice of wall parameters can dramatically alter the nonlinear stability properties of TS waves in the boundary layer over a compliant wall: waves that are linearly damped may become nonlinearly unstable. Excellent agreement is obtained with rigid-wall results of Hall & Smith (1984).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Q Science > QC Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Publisher:	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
ISSN:	0022-1120
Date:	June 1992
Volume:	239
Number of Pages:	14
Page Range:	pp. 657-670
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/21962

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