EXPERIMENTS ON THE STABILITY OF TOLLMIEN-SCHLICHTING WAVES

Authors
KLINGMANN BGB BOIKO AV WESTIN KJA KOZLOV VV ALFREDSSON PH
Citation
Bgb. Klingmann et al., EXPERIMENTS ON THE STABILITY OF TOLLMIEN-SCHLICHTING WAVES, European journal of mechanics. B, Fluids, 12(4), 1993, pp. 493-514
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mechanics
Journal title
European journal of mechanics. B, Fluids → ACNP
ISSN journal
09977546
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
493 - 514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0997-7546(1993)12:4<493:EOTSOT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The stability of wave disturbances in a Blasius boundary layer are stu died experimentally and it is shown that under well controlled conditi ons the waves are only slightly modified compared to parallel flow the ory. This is in contrast to previous experiments and it is shown that inappropriate leading edge conditions may have affected earlier studie s as these conditions have a strong influence on the stability charact eristics of Tollmien-Schlichting waves.