Transition to turbulence induced by unstable stationary cross-flow vortices in a three-dimensional laminar boundary layer on a Mach 1.5, 25 deg swept wing is investigated with the nonlinear compressible Parabolized Stability Equations (PSE). The wing has 3m span, 1m chord, and is untwisted and untapered. Body-fitted coordinates are used to account for all curvature effects of the wing's NACA 64A010 airfoil. The stationary crossflow vortices interact to produce spanwise-periodic harmonics as well as a steady, spanwise-invariant distortion of the underlying laminar flow. The streamwise growth and evolution of all the disturbances is computed for different initial amplitudes of the primary cross-flow vortices. For the few initial amplitudes investigated, all the disturbances are found to grow to the point where the mean flow profiles exhibit regions of reversed flow. Beyond this point, the streamwise marching solution is no longer valid. Just before this occurs, however, the mean flow distortion is sufficiently large that the mean wall shear stress suddenly and rapidly increases above the laminar value. At these large amplitudes, the disturbed flow becomes subject to high frequency inviscid instabilities and transition to turbulence should soon ensue.


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    Title :

    Nonlinear analysis of swept wing transitional boundary layers


    Additional title:

    Eine nichtlineare Untersuchung über die Umwandlung von Grenzschichtströmungen an pfeilförmigen Tragflügeln


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    14 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 31 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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