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Vortex instabilities in three-dimensional boundary layers: the relationship between Görtler and crossflow vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Andrew P. Bassom  and
Philip Hall
Andrew P. Bassom
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QE, UK
Philip Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Abstract

The inviscid and viscous stability problems are addressed for a boundary layer which can support both Görtler and crossflow vortices. The change in structure of Görtler vortices is found when the parameter representing the degree of three-dimensionality of the basic boundary-layer flow under consideration is increased. It is shown that crossflow vortices emerge naturally as this parameter is increased and ultimately become the only possible vortex instability of the flow. It is shown conclusively that at sufficiently large values of the crossflow there are no unstable Görtler vortices present in a boundary layer which, in the zero-crossflow case, is centrifugally unstable. The results suggest that in many practical applications Görtler vortices cannot be a cause of transition because they are destroyed by the three-dimensional nature of the basic state. In swept-wing flows the Görtler mechanism is probably not present for typical angles of sweep of about 20°.

Some discussion of the receptivity problem for vortex instabilities in weakly three-dimensional boundary layers is given; it is shown that inviscid modes have a coupling coefficient marginally smaller than those of the fastest growing viscous modes discussed recently by Denier, Hall & Seddougui (1991). However, the fact that the growth rates of the inviscid modes are the larger in most situations means that they are probably the more likely source of transition.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 232 , November 1991 , pp. 647 - 680
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© 1991 Cambridge University Press

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