Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	El-Hady, Nabil M.
URN	etd-06092012-141056
Title	Effect of compressibility, suction, and heat transfer on the nonparallel stability of boundary-layer flow.
Degree	PhD
Department	Engineering Mechanics
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Nayfeh, Ali H. Committee Chair Cramer, Mark S. Committee Member Ling, Chih B. Committee Member Mook, Dean T. Committee Member Saric, William S. Committee Member
Keywords	boundry-layer flows
Date of Defense	1978-12-31
Availability	restricted
Abstract We present an analysis of the effects of heating, suction, and compressibility on the stability characteristics of boundary-layer flows within the framework of a complete nonparallel, linear, spatial stability theory. Included in the theory are disturbances due to velocity, Pressure, temperature, density, and transport properties as well as 'variations of the fluid properties with temperature. The method of multiple scales is used to account for the nonparallelism of the mean flow and equations are derived for the evolution of the disturbance amplitude and wave number vector.
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