Abstract: In this paper, the formation of the coherent structures in the wall region of a turbulent boundary layer was studied, using the nonlinear theory of the hydrodynamic stability. The spanwise and streamwise wavelengths of the most amplified unstable wave obtained by this study were found in good agreement with the experiments, which makes the distinct feature of this study in the present paper, as the basis of the stability analysis, a more rational velocity profile has been used, which is different from that of the turbulent mean flow. And also, the new nonlinear theory was used. The result is useful in understanding of the quasi-periodicity of the coherent structure in the turbulent boundary layer.

Key words: coherent structure, resonant tried, amplitude evolution