Applications of EPSE method for predicting crossflow instability in swept-wing boundary layers

doi:10.1007/s10483-017-2214-6

Abstract

Abstract:

The nth-order expansion of the parabolized stability equation (EPSEn) is obtained from the Taylor expansion of the linear parabolized stability equation (LPSE) in the streamwise direction. The EPSE together with the homogeneous boundary conditions forms a local eigenvalue problem, in which the streamwise variations of the mean flow and the disturbance shape function are considered. The first-order EPSE (EPSE1) and the second-order EPSE (EPSE2) are used to study the crossflow instability in the swept NLF(2)-0415 wing boundary layer. The non-parallelism degree of the boundary layer is strong. Compared with the growth rates predicted by the linear stability theory (LST), the results given by the EPSE1 and EPSE2 agree well with those given by the LPSE. In particular, the results given by the EPSE2 are almost the same as those given by the LPSE. The prediction of the EPSE1 is more accurate than the prediction of the LST, and is more efficient than the predictions of the EPSE2 and LPSE. Therefore, the EPSE1 is an efficient e^N prediction tool for the crossflow instability in swept-wing boundary-layer flows.

Key words: approximate inertial manifold, weakly damped forced KdV equation, dynamical system, attractor, swept-wing boundary layer, crossflow instability, e^N prediction tool, non-parallelism, expansion of parabolized stability equation (EPSE)

2010 MSC Number:

76N99

Xuezhi LU, Jisheng LUO. Applications of EPSE method for predicting crossflow instability in swept-wing boundary layers. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2017, 38(7): 981-996.

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