Pralits, Jan O.; Hanifi, A.; Henningson, D. S. Adjoint-based optimization of steady suction for disturbance control in incompressible flows. (English) Zbl 1042.76021 J. Fluid Mech. 467, 129-161 (2002). Summary: The optimal distribution of steady suction needed to control the growth of single or multiple disturbances in quasi-three-dimensional incompressible boundary layers on a flat plate is investigated. The evolution of disturbances is analysed in the framework of the parabolized stability equations (PSE). A gradient-based optimization procedure is used, and the gradients are evaluated using the adjoint of parabolized stability equations (APSE) and the adjoint of boundary layer equations (ABLE). The accuracy of the gradient is increased by introducing a stabilization procedure for the PSE. Results show that a suction peak appears in the upstream part of the suction region for optimal control of Tollmien-Schlichting waves, steady streamwise streaks in a two-dimensional boundary layer and oblique waves in a quasi-three-dimensional boundary layer subject to an adverse pressure gradient. The mean flow modifications due to suction are shown to have a stabilizing effect similar to that of a favourable pressure gradient. It is also shown that the optimal suction distribution for the disturbance of interest reduces the growth rate of other perturbations. Results for control of a steady cross-flow mode in a three-dimensional boundary layer subject to a favourable pressure gradient show that not even large amounts of suction can completely stabilize the disturbance. Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 16 Documents MSC: 76D55 Flow control and optimization for incompressible viscous fluids 76D10 Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects 76E05 Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability Keywords:boundary layer; flat plate; parabolized stability equation Software:L-BFGS-B; L-BFGS PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. O. Pralits} et al., J. Fluid Mech. 467, 129--161 (2002; Zbl 1042.76021) Full Text: DOI