Excitation by sound of Tollmien-Schlichting waves in a supersonic boundary layer (Q761318)

The interaction of sound with a supersonic boundary layer is considered. Because of the dependence of the main flow on the longitudinal coordinate, a sound wave generates unstable oscillations within the boundary layer. Calculations made for Mach number \(M=2.0\) and dimensionless frequency \(2\pi f\nu_ e/U^ 2_ e=0.91\cdot 10^{-4}\) showed that near the lower branch of the curve of neutral stability a Tollmien-Schlichting wave can be excited with an intensity 2-3 times greater than that of the external acoustic wave.