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On the inviscid instability of the hyperbolictangent velocity profile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

A. Michalke
A. Michalke
Affiliation:
DVL-Institut für Turbulenzforschung, Berlin
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Abstract

The Rayleigh stability equation of inviscid linearized stability theory was integrated numerically for amplified disturbances of the hyperbolic-tangent velocity profile. The evaluation of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions is followed by a discussion of the streamline pattern of the disturbed flow. Here no qualitative distinction is found between an amplified and the neutral disturbance. But considering the vorticity distribution of the disturbed flow it is shown that in the case of amplified disturbances two concentrations of vorticity occur within a disturbance wavelength, while in the neutral case only one maximum of vorticity exists. The results are discussed with respect to the instability mechanism of free boundary-layer flow.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , August 1964 , pp. 543 - 556
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© 1964 Cambridge University Press

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