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The evolution of Tollmien-Schlichting waves near a leading edge. Part 2. Numerical determination of amplitudes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

M. E. Goldstein
Affiliation:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135
P. M. Sockol
Affiliation:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135
J. Sanz
Affiliation:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135

Abstract

It was shown in Part 1 that the amplitude of the spatially growing Tollmien-Schlichting wave generated by a time-harmonic free-stream disturbance is related to the coefficient multiplying the lowest-order Lam & Rott asymptotic eigensolution of the unsteady boundary-layer equation. In this part we use a numerical solution of the unsteady boundary-layer equation to determine that coefficient for the case of a uniformly pulsating stream.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1983 Cambridge University Press

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