Abstract
It is shown that suction nonuniformities may induce a new instability of the Blasius boundary layer that results in the generation of streamwise vortices. Addition of a uniform suction is not effective in controlling this instability. It is shown that nonuniformities of surface blowing may induce a similar instability and that the characteristics of this instability are also little affected by the magnitude of the blowing. Finally, it is shown that suction nonuniformities appear to have a minimal effect on the traveling (Tollmien-Schlichting) wave instability. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2543-2552 |
| Journal | Physics of Fluids |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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