A Time-shared Program System for the Solution of the Stability Problem for Parallel Flows Over Rigid Or Flexible Surfaces

A Time-shared Program System for the Solution of the Stability Problem for Parallel Flows Over Rigid Or Flexible Surfaces
Author: M. T. Landahl
Publisher:
Total Pages: 49
Release: 1966
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The report describes a system of programs, designed to be used on the MIT Compatible Time Sharing System (CTSS), for solving the Orr-Sommerfeld parallel-flow stability problem of incompressible flow in contact with a rigid or flexible surface. The programs can be combined, building-block fashion, to treat a large variety of cases. As examples are shown: (1) Blasius' boundary layer over a flexible membrane, (2) turbulent boundary layer over a free water surface, and (3) free shear layer. (Author).

Stability of Parallel Flows

Stability of Parallel Flows
Author: R. Betchov
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323162606

Stability of Parallel Flows provides information pertinent to hydrodynamical stability. This book explores the stability problems that occur in various fields, including electronics, mechanics, oceanography, administration, economics, as well as naval and aeronautical engineering. Organized into two parts encompassing 10 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the general equations of a two-dimensional incompressible flow. This text then explores the stability of a laminar boundary layer and presents the equation of the inviscid approximation. Other chapters present the general equations governing an incompressible three-dimensional flow, which requires the massive use of a computer. This book discusses as well the experimental studies on the oscillations of the boundary layer wherein the mean flow is affected by the presence of oscillations. The final chapter describes the concept of the stability of turbulent flows found in boundary layers, wakes, and jets. This book is a valuable resource for physicists, mathematicians, engineers, scientists, and researchers.