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The stability of boundary-layer flow over single-and multi-layer viscoelastic walls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

K. S. Yeo
K. S. Yeo
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511, Republic of Singapore
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Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with the linear stability of zero pressure-gradient laminar boundary-layer flow over compliant walls which are composed of one or more layers of isotropic viscoelastic materials and backed by a rigid base. Wall compliance supports a whole host of new instabilities in addition to the Tollmien-Schlichting mode of instability, which originally exists even when the wall is rigid. The perturbations in the flow and the compliant wall are coupled at their common interface through the kinematic condition of velocity continuity and the dynamical condition of stress continuity. The disturbance modes in the flow are governed by the Orr-Sommerfeld equation using the locally-parallel flow assumption, and the response of the compliant layers is described using a displacement-stress formalism. The theoretical treatment provides a unified formulation of the stability eigenvalue problem that is applicable to compliant walls having any finite number of uniform layers; inclusive of viscous sublayer. The formulation is well suited to systematic numerical implementation. Results for single- and multi-layer walls are presented. Analyses of the eigenfunctions give an insight into some of the physics involved. Multi-layering gives a measure of control over the stability characteristics of compliant walls not available to single-layer walls. The present study provides evidence which suggests that substantial suppression of disturbance growth may be possible for suitably tailored compliant walls.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 196 , November 1988 , pp. 359 - 408
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© 1988 Cambridge University Press

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