Secondary crossflow instability through global analysis of measured base flows

A combined experimental and numerical approach to the analysis of the secondary stability of realistic swept-wing boundary layers is presented. Global linear stability theory is applied to experimentally measured base flows. These base flows are three-dimensional laminar boundary layers subject to spanwise distortion due to the presence of...

DEKAF: Spectral multi-regime basic-state solver for boundary-layer stability

As the community investigates more complex flows with stronger streamwise variations and uses more physically inclusive stability techniques, such as BiGlobal theory, there is a perceived need for more accuracy in the base flows. To this end, the implication is that using these more advanced techniques, we are now including previously...

Secondary Stability Analysis of Crossflow Vortices using BiGlobal Theory on PIV Base Flows

On Closing the Streamwise BiGlobal Stability Problem: The Effect of Boundary Conditions

The modal streamwise BiGlobal stability approach introduces problems regarding the specification of in- and outflow boundary conditions (BCs). Several conditions linked to lower hierarchical stability frameworks are elaborated and are applied to a freestream and boundary layer flow. The former case is used to demonstrate the odd-even decoupling...