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On two-dimensional temporal modes in spatially evolving open flows: the flat-plate boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2005

UWE EHRENSTEIN  and
FRANÇOIS GALLAIRE
UWE EHRENSTEIN
Affiliation:
Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonné, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, F-06108 Nice Cedex 02, [email protected]
FRANÇOIS GALLAIRE
Affiliation:
Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonné, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, F-06108 Nice Cedex 02, [email protected]
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Abstract

Temporal linear stability modes depending on two space directions are computed for a two-dimensional boundary-layer flow along a flat plate. The spatial structure of each individual temporally stable mode is shown to be reminiscent of the spatial exponential growth of perturbations along the flat plate, as predicted by local analyses. It is shown using an optimal temporal growth analysis, that an appropriate superposition of a moderate number of temporal modes gives rise to a spatially localized wave packet, starting at inflow and exhibiting transient temporal growth when evolving downstream along the plate. This wave packet is in qualitative agreement with the convectively unstable disturbance observed when solving the Navier–Stokes equations for an equivalent initial condition.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 536 , 10 August 2005 , pp. 209 - 218
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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