Yi. Bublikov et Vm. Fomichev, STABILITY OF OBLIQUE WAVES IN A LAMINAR BOUNDARY-LAYER ON A NONUNIFORMLY HEATED SURFACE, High temperature, 31(2), 1993, pp. 301-307
The stability of a flat laminar boundary layer on a nonuniformly heate
d surface is investigated. It is shown that, in contrast to standard i
deas, waves propagating at an angle with respect to the direction of t
he main flow can have high growth rates and this leads to earlier onse
t of turbulence.