Structured Pseudospectra in Problems of Spatial Stability of Boundary Layers

This work is devoted to a numerical analysis of the sensitivity of the spatial stability characteristics of boundary layers to uncertainties of the main flow. It is proposed to use structured pseudospectra for this purpose. It is shown that the obtained estimates are much more accurate than estimates based on an unstructured pseudospectrum. The presentation is based on an example of the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid over a slightly concave surface with flow parameters favorable for the development of the Görtler vortices and Tollmien–Schlichting waves.