Abstract
A theoretical model has been developed to investigate the stability of a disturbance in an incompressible turbulent shear flow dominated by turbulence scales that are small with respect to the cross-stream dimension of the flow. The approach utilizes the ‘phase average’ concept to derive the differential equations governing the mechanics of a potential flow disturbance. Turbulence closure is effected at second order. The result is an Orr–Sommerfeld-type equation with complications introduced by the turbulence model. Integration of the linear eigenvalue problem for a wake disturbance leads to the result that the critical eddy-viscosity-based Reynolds number is markedly increased by decreasing the turbulence scale. The viscoelastic behaviour of background turbulence, further complicated by the effects of mean shear, appears to provide stabilization and is discussed in some detail.
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