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The wide-vortex / Tollmein-Schlichting-wave three-dimensional interaction equations are considered in the limit of a strong adverse pressure gradient driving the boundary-layer flow. The asymptotic structure that emerges enables simplification of the equations and results in a partial differential equation governing directly the three-dimensional skin-friction field coupled with the effects of the wave forcing. A numerical scheme is developed to solve this system and the results are compared with an analytic solution valid for short distances after the onset of the interaction, among other things.
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Walton, A.G., Bowles, R.I., Smith, F.T. (1992). Vortex-Wave Interaction in a Strong Adverse Pressure Gradient. In: Hussaini, M.Y., Kumar, A., Streett, C.L. (eds) Instability, Transition, and Turbulence. ICASE NASA LaRC Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2956-8_9
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