Mini-Symposium Topic: On Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Stability

Organizer: Roland Mallier (University of Western Ontario)

Numerical Simulation of a tanh$^3$y Mixing Layer

John Drozd and Roland Mallier

University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario, Canada

Using a spectral (fourier) method, we present numerical simulations of the evolution of finite-amplitude, two-dimensional disturbances to a $\tanh^{3}y$ mixing layer. This particular flow has three neutral modes, each of which has a strong singularity at the critical layer, and we examine the nonlinear interaction of these modes, finding that the behaviour is very different from that of the more usual $\tanh^{3}y$ mixing layer.


Friday, 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Room 1700