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Theoretical Flow Instability of the Karman Boundary Layer

  • Hwang, Young-Kyu (School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Lee, Yun-Yong (School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Published : 2000.03.01
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Abstract

The hydrodynamic stability of the Karman boundary-layer flow due to a rotating disk has been numerically investigated for moving disturbance waves. The disturbed flow over a rotating disk can lead to transition at much lower Re than that of the well-known Type I instability mode. This early transition is due to the excitation of the Type II instability mode of moving disturbances. Presented are the neutral stability results concerning the two instability modes by solving new linear stability equations reformulated not only by considering whole convective terms but by correcting some errors in the previous stability equations. The reformulated stability equations are slightly different with the previous ones. However, the present neutral stability results are considerably different with the previously known ones. It is found that the flow is always stable for a disturbance whose dimensionless wave number k is greater than 0.75.

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