On the Secondary Instability of Görtler Vortices in Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers

1996 ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Otto
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Secondary Instability ◽  
Görtler Vortices ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
Gortler Vortices

Primary and secondary instabilities of the asymptotic suction boundary layer on a curved plate

1995 ◽  
Vol 283 ◽  
pp. 249-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Park ◽  
Patrick Huerre
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Secondary Instability ◽  
Spanwise Direction ◽  
Görtler Vortices ◽  
Gortler Vortices ◽  
Secondary Instabilities ◽  
Asymptotic Suction

The temporal growth of Görtler vortices and the associated secondary instability mechanisms are investigated numerically in the case of an asymptotic suction boundary layer on a curved plate. Highly inflectional velocity profiles are generated in both the spanwise and vertical directions. The inflectional velocity profile develops earlier in the spanwise direction. There exist two distinct modes of instability that eventually lead to the breakdown of Görtler vortices: the sinuous mode and the varicose mode. The temporal secondary instability analysis of the three-dimensional inflectional velocity profile reveals that the sinuous mode becomes unstable earlier than the varicose mode. The sinuous mode is shown to be primarily related to shear in the spanwise direction, ∂U/∂z, and the varicose mode to shear in the vertical direction, ∂U/∂y.

On the Secondary Instability of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Janke ◽  
Ponnampalam Balakumar
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Secondary Instability ◽  
Dimensional Boundary

Transition prediction for three-dimensional boundary layers in computational fluid dynamics applications

AIAA Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1536-1541
Author(s):  
J. D. Crouch ◽  
I. W. M. Crouch ◽  
L. Ng
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Transition Prediction ◽  
Dimensional Boundary

Review: Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers on Rotating Bodies

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoji Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Speed Ratio ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Turbulent Transition ◽  
Centrifugal Instability ◽  
Crossflow Instability ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
Axisymmetric Bodies

The laminar-turbulent transition of three-dimensional boundary layers is critically reviewed for some typical axisymmetric bodies rotating in still fluid or in axial flow. The flow structures of the transition regions are visualized. The transition phenomena are driven by the compound of the Tollmien-Schlichting instability, the crossflow instability, and the centrifugal instability. Experimental evidence is provided relating the critical and transition Reynolds numbers, defined in terms of the local velocity and the boundary layer momentum thickness, to the local rotational speed ratio, defined as the ratio of the circumferential speed to the free-stream velocity at the outer edge of the boundary layer, for the rotating disk, the rotating cone, the rotating sphere and other rotating axisymmetric bodies. It is shown that the cross-sectional structure of spiral vortices appearing in the transition regions and the flow pattern of the following secondary instability in the case of the crossflow instability are clearly different than those in the case of the centrifugal instability.

Stability of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen L. Reed ◽  
Ray-Sing Lin
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Boundary
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