Nonlinear saturation of Mack modes in a hypersonic boundary layer
Auditorium (AE 005), Department of Aerospace EngineeringSome decades ago J. T. Stuart formulated a theory for nonlinear saturation of hydrodynamically unstable modes. He proposed that an unstable mode, upon gaining sufficient energy, distorts the mean flow. This mean flow distortion reduces the shear, thus reducing the inviscid energy production mechanism which eventually results in a saturation of instability. In a hypersonic […]