Abstract
Stability under small perturbations is investigated for flows whose velocity depends periodically on the spatial coordinate in the direction of flow. Stability calculations are carried out for the case in which the velocity distribution is a solution of the boundary-layer equations.
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Novosibirsk. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 11–16, November–December, 1972.
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Levchenko, V.Y., Solov'ev, A.S. Boundary layer stability on a wave-periodic surface. Fluid Dyn 7, 884–888 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01176104
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01176104