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Disturbance growth in an unstable three-dimensional boundary layer and its dependence on environmental conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

H. Deyhle  and
H. Bippes
H. Deyhle
Affiliation:
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Strömungsmechanik, Bunsenstr. 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany Present address: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Aeroelastik, Bunsenstr. 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany.
H. Bippes
Affiliation:
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Strömungsmechanik, Bunsenstr. 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Abstract

Experimental investigations in the three-dimensional boundary layer of a swept flat plate with the pressure gradient induced from outside are aimed at enhancing knowledge of the transition process in the presence of pure crossflow instability. The development of disturbances is characterized by the occurrence of both stationary and travelling instability modes, by early nonlinear development and by complex dependence upon the environmental conditions. Experiments under natural conditions of transition showed a good correspondence of the identified modes with those predicted by local linear stability theory. The disturbance growth, however, is generally overpredicted. Controlled excitation of crossflow vortices allowing measurements closer to the linear range of amplification confirmed this result. Nonlinear effects such as interaction between stationary disturbances and base flow and between travelling and stationary modes have already been observed when the naturally excited instabilities become of measurable size.

The most striking feature of the disturbance development is the complex dependence on initial conditions. Experiments under systematically varied environments showed that surface roughness represents the key parameter responsible for the initiation of stationary crossflow vortices. In contrast to two-dimensional boundary layers, free-stream turbulence influences the transition process indirectly. Only for turbulence levels Tu > 0.2% and smooth surfaces do the travelling instability waves dominate. The location of the final breakdown of laminar flow is clearly determined by the saturation amplitude of crossflow vortices. The receptivity to sound, two-dimensional surface roughness and non-uniformities of the test-section mean flow was found to be very weak.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 316 , 10 June 1996 , pp. 73 - 113
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© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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