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On the resonant nature of the breakdown of a laminar boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

Yu. S. Kachanov
Yu. S. Kachanov
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Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, USSR
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Abstract

The first part of this paper (§2) briefly reviews the history of the idea of the resonant nature of laminar-boundary-layer breakdown. In the second part a new wave-resonance concept of the breakdown mechanism is proposed. The existing experimental data on the laminar boundary layer (and plane channel flow) breakdown are analysed from the viewpoint of this concept and are compared with the well-known local high-frequency secondary-instability concept. The results testify to the correctness of the proposed wave-resonant concept for the initial stages of breakdown, in particular for the K-regime of transition up to the spike formation and its doubling.

Within the framework of the wave-resonance concept, before constructing the corresponding theory, many important features of the disturbance development can be qualitatively explained and understood. Concerning the understanding of the spike appearance, the wave-resonance concept complements the local high-frequency secondary-instability one and represents by itself a new fruitful viewpoint on this phenomenon. The development of the wave-resonance concept and its application to the analysis of numerical and physical experiments, together with the construction on this basis of the corresponding theory, can give an essential impetus towards the better understanding of the breakdown nature.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 184 , November 1987 , pp. 43 - 74
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© 1987 Cambridge University Press

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