Problem Statement
Localized thermal perturbations can alter instability growth in hypersonic boundary layers.
PROJECT DETAIL · 2023
Effect of Local Thermal Strips on Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Instability
Prior hypersonic research on local thermal forcing and instability behavior in boundary-layer transition studies.
- Prior Work
- CFD
- High-Order Methods
Why It Matters
This work remains part of prior technical foundation in high-speed CFD analysis.
Methods / Numerical + ML Setup
- Modeled local thermal-strip perturbations across representative conditions.
- Tracked instability response and compared against reference setups.
Key Results
- Reported clear instability-response shifts under selected thermal-strip conditions.
Toolchain
- CFD
- Flow diagnostics
- Scientific plotting
Challenges and Lessons
- Maintaining fair comparisons across perturbation cases.
Future Work
- Retained as foundational technical context alongside current DRL-CFD research.