Course on Stability and Transition: Spatial Stability

Model problem

Burger’s eq., cont.

Gaster’s transformation

Spatial OS-SQ system

Spatial OS-SQ system, cont.

Spatial PPF spectra

Boundary layer flow

Spatial IVP

Optimal spatial growth for PPF

Parabolic Stability Equations (PSE)

PSE, cont.

Growthrate and wavenumber

Non-parallel neutral curve for Blasius BL

Step-size restriction

Optimal disturbances in spatial BL

Spatial optimals, cont.

The optimization problem

Optimization algorithm

Derivation of the action of the adjoint

Reynoldsnumber dependence

Optimal growth and disturbance