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- Title
INSTABILITIES OF A FLEXIBLE SURFACE IN SUPERSONIC FLOW.
- Authors
WALKER, J. D. A.; FLETCHER, A.; RUBAN, A. I.
- Abstract
The stability of a supersonic boundary layer above a flexible surface is considered in the limit of large Reynolds number and for Mach numbers O(1). Asymptotic theory of viscous--inviscid interaction has been used for this purpose. We found that for a simple elastic surface, for which deflections are proportional to local pressure differences, the boundary-layer flow remains stable as it is for a rigid wall. However, when either damping or surface inertia is included the flow becomes unstable. Moreover, in a certain range of wave numbers the boundary layer develops more then one unstable mode. It is interesting that these modes are connected to one another via saddle points in the complex-frequency plane. A more complex Kramer-type surface is also analysed and in some parameter ranges is found to permit the evolution of unstable Tollmien--Schlichting waves. The neutral curves are found for a variety of situations related to the parameters associated with the flexible surface.
- Subjects
BOUNDARY layer (Aerodynamics); REYNOLDS number; MACH number; ULTRASONIC waves; EQUATIONS
- Publication
Quarterly Journal of Mechanics & Applied Mathematics, 2006, Vol 59, Issue 2, p253
- ISSN
0033-5614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmam/hbl001