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Leading-edge receptivity to a vortical freestream disturbance: a numerical analysis
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Reed, Helen L. Buter, Thomas A. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | The receptivity to freestream vorticity of the boundary layer over a flat plate with an elliptic leading edge is investigated numerically. The flow is simulated by solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes system in general curvilinear coordinates with the vorticity and stream function as dependent variables. A finite-difference scheme which is second-order accurate in both space and time is used. As a first step, the steady basic-state solution is computed. Then a small amplitude vortical disturbance is introduced at the upstream boundary and the governing equations are solved time-accurately to evaluate the spatial and temporal growth of the perturbations leading to instability waves (Tollmien-Schlichting waves) inside the boundary layer. Preliminary results for a symmetric, 2-D disturbance reveal the presence of Tollmien-Schlichting waves aft of the flat-plate/ellipse juncture. |
| File Size | 814036 |
| Page Count | 23 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920005753 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t21c6wk7g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Flat Plates Perturbation Boundary Layer Control Spherical Coordinates Navier-stokes Equation Incompressible Flow Numerical Analysis Finite Difference Theory Vorticity Tollmien-schlichting Waves Boundary Layer Stability Free Flow Leading Edges Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |