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Effects of Görtler vortices, wall cooling and gas dissociation on the Rayleigh instability in a hypersonic boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Yibin Fu  and
Philip Hall
Yibin Fu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Philip Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Abstract

In a hypersonic boundary layer over a wall of variable curvature, the region most susceptible to Görtler vortices is the temperature adjustment layer sitting at the edge of the boundary layer. This temperature adjustment layer is also the most dangerous site for Rayleigh instability. In this paper, we investigate how the existence of large-amplitude Görtler vortices affects the growth rate of Rayleigh instability. The effects of wall cooling and gas dissociation on this instability are also studied. We find that all these mechanisms increase the growth rate of Rayleigh instability and are therefore destabilizing.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 247 , February 1993 , pp. 503 - 525
Copyright
© 1993 Cambridge University Press

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