Tollmien-Schlichting Waves — Interactive 3D Animation

Tollmien-Schlichting Waves · Boundary-Layer Instability

unseel.com · laminar → wave → turbulence · Orr-Sommerfeld mode

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Mean flow U (velocity profile)
TS wave crest (v′ ripple)
Critical layer / neutral point
Nonlinear breakdown