Accession Number:

AD0641123

Title:

HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY OF VISCOUS FLOWS.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BOEING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LABS SEATTLE WASH FLIGHT SCIENCES LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Hains,F. D.

Report Date:

1966-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

132.0

Abstract:

The Orr-Sommerfeld equation, which governs the stability of parallel flows, was solved by a numerical technique. Neutral stability curves were obtained for three different problems. The first problem is concerned with the effect of a flexible wall on the stability of the boundary layer on a flat plate. The second problem is concerned with the stability of magnetohydrodynamic channel flow with an aligned magnetic field. The last problem deals with the stability of Couette-Poiseuille flow. Author

Descriptors:

• (*GAS FLOW
• STABILITY)
• (*MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• STABILITY)
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• FLUID DYNAMICS
• VISCOSITY
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• TURBULENCE
• COUETTE FLOW

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE