Effect of Suction on the Stability of Supersonic Boundary Layers. Part II—First-Mode Waves

Abstract

The effect of suction on the first mode of instability of compressible two-dimensional boundary layers is investigated. Suction is found to be more effective in stabilizing the viscous instability, and hence it is more effective at low Mach numbers. Suction decreases the amplification rates at all frequencies and narrows down the band of unstable frequencies. Moreover, for a given frequency, suction decreases the amplification rates at all streamwise locations. Variations of the growth rates of the most amplified first-mode waves with mass flux are found to be almost linear.