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The paper presents a global stability analysis of the two-dimensional incompressible boundary layer with the effect of streamwise pressure gradient. A symmetric wedge flow is considered at different values of the dimensionless pressure gradient parameter βH. The pressure gradient dp/dx in the flow direction is zero, when βH = 0, favorable (negative) for βH > 0, and adverse (positive) for βH < 0. The base flow is computed by numerical solution of Falkner—Skan equation. The Reynolds number is based on the displacement thickness δ* at the inflow boundary. The stability equations governing the flow are derived in body-fitted coordinates. The stability equations are discretized using the Chebyshev spectral collocation method. The discretized equations, together with boundary conditions, form a general eigenvalue problem and are solved using Arnoldi’s algorithm. The temporal global modes are computed for βH = 0.022, 0.044, and 0.066, for favorable and adverse pressure gradients. The temporal growth rate ωi is found to be negative for all the global modes. The ωi value is smaller for the favorable pressure gradient (FPG) than for the adverse pressure gradient (APG) at the same Reynolds number (Re = 340). Thus, the FPG has a stabilizing effect on the boundary layer. The comparison of the spatial eigenmodes and spatial amplification rates for FPG and APG show that FPG has a stabilizing effect, whereas APG has a destabilizing effect on the disturbances.
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Bhoraniya, R., Narayanan, V. Global Stability Analysis of Spatially Developing Boundary Layer: Effect of Streamwise Pressure Gradients. Fluid Dyn 54, 821–834 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0015462819060028
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