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A vortex–wave interaction theory describing the effect of boundary forcing on shear flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2021

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Philip Hall*
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School of Mathematics, Monash University, VIC3800, Australia
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Abstract

A strongly nonlinear theory describing the effect of small amplitude boundary forcing in the form of waves on high Reynolds number shear flows is given. The interaction leads to an $O(1)$ change in the unperturbed flow and is relevant to a number of forcing mechanisms. The cases of the shear flow being bounded or unbounded are both considered and the results for the unbounded case apply to quite arbitrary flows. The instability criterion for unbounded flows is expressed in terms of the wall forcing and the friction Reynolds number. As particular examples we investigate wall transpiration or surface undulations as sources of the forcing and both propagating and stationary waves are considered. Results are given for propagating waves with crests perpendicular to the flow direction and for stationary waves with crests no longer perpendicular to the flow direction. In the first of those situations we find the instability induced by transpiration waves is independent of the propagation speed. For wavy walls downstream propagation completely stabilises the flow at a critical speed whereas upstream propagation greatly destabilises the flow. For stationary oblique waves we find that the instability is enhanced and a much wider range of unstable wavenumbers exists. For the bounded case with a wall of fixed wavelength we identify a critical wavelength where the most dangerous mode switches from the aligned to the oblique configuration. For the transpiration problem in the oblique configuration a strong resonance occurs when the vortex wavelength coincides with the spanwise wavelength of the forcing.

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Flow Control: Instability control Instability: Shear-flow instability Instability: Transition to turbulence
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 932 , 10 February 2022 , A54
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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