On the nonlinear growth of two-dimensional Tollmien–Schlichting waves in a flat-plate boundary layer

DOI10.1017/S0022112000002196zbMath0973.76033OpenAlexW2061145402MaRDI QIDQ4528669

P. A. Stewart, Stephen J. Cowley, Justin Moston

Publication date: 5 December 2001

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000002196

zbMATH Keywords

periodic solutionsBenjamin-Ono equationmultiple-scales analysisincompressible flat-plate boundary layerlarge-amplitude soliton limitspike formationtwo-dimensional Tollmien-Schlichting waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10)

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