Author:
COOPER A. J.,CARPENTER PETER W.
Abstract
A theoretical study into the effects of wall compliance on
the stability of the rotating-disc boundary layer is described.
A single-layer viscoelastic wall model is coupled to
a sixth-order system of fluid stability equations which take into
account the effects
of viscosity, Coriolis acceleration, and streamline curvature. The coupled
system of
equations is integrated numerically by a spectral Chebyshev-tau technique.Travelling and stationary modes are studied and wall compliance
is found to greatly increase the complexity of the eigenmode spectrum.
It is
effective in stabilizing the
inviscid Type I (or cross-flow) instability. The effect on the
viscous (Type II) eigenmode
is more complex and can be strongly destabilizing. An analysis of the energy
flux
indicates that this destabilization arises as a result of a large degree
of energy
production by viscous stresses at the wall/flow interface.The Type I and II instabilities are shown to be negative and
positive energy waves
respectively. The co-existence of eigenmodes of opposite energy type indicates
the
possibility of modal interaction and coalescence. It is found that, compared
with
the rigid disc, wall compliance promotes the interaction and coalescence
of the
Type I and II eigenmodes. There is an associated strong instability which
appears
to be characterized by marked horizontal motion of the compliant surface.
Modal
coalescence is interpreted physically as producing local algebraic growth
which
could advance the onset of nonlinear effects.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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84 articles.
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