Compressible Boundary Layers over Wavy Walls,

Abstract

An analysis is presented of compressible viscous flows past wavy walls, without restricting the mean flow to be linear in the disturbance layer. Linearization of the compressible disturbance equations results in a system of six first-order differential equations for the perturbation quantities. The method of orthonormalization is used to control the error growth in the numerical solution of these equations. The present results agree more closely with experimental data than the results obtained by using Lighthill's theory, which restricts the mean flow to be linear in the disturbance layer.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012004

Entities

People

  • Ali. H. Nayfeh
  • Spyridon G. Lekoudis
  • William S. Saric

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Layers
  • Mathematics
  • Perturbations
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.