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Spatial optimal disturbances in swept attachment-line boundary layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2008

ALAN GUÉGAN ,
PETER J. SCHMID  and
PATRICK HUERRE
ALAN GUÉGAN
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS-École Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
PETER J. SCHMID
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS-École Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
PATRICK HUERRE
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS-École Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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Abstract

A formulation based on direct and adjoint parabolized equations is developed to account for the spatial evolution of perturbations in swept attachment-line boundary layers. For sweep Reynolds numbers larger than Re = 100 the dynamics is dominated by a lift-up mechanism which is responsible for large energy amplification by transforming spanwise vortices into spanwise streaks. This mechanism favours steady perturbations with a chordwise scale that quantitatively matches its counterpart for classical Blasius boundary layers.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 603 , 25 May 2008 , pp. 179 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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