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arxiv: 2604.22545 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-24 · ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn

Control of deterministic breakdown to turbulence of hypersonic boundary layer with spanwise non-uniform surface temperature

L. Boscagli , G. Rigas , P. J. K. Bruce , O. Marxen This is my paper

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classification ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn
keywords hypersonic boundary layertransition controlMack modesdirect numerical simulationsurface temperature controlcontrol streaksturbulent kinetic energyaerodynamic heating
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The pith

Spanwise non-uniform wall temperature creates streaks that reduce second Mack mode stress and delay hypersonic transition.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper uses direct numerical simulations to show that applying spanwise variations in surface temperature to a flat plate in Mach 6 flow generates weak streaks in the boundary layer. These streaks, kept below 5 percent of the free stream velocity, lower the high-frequency shear stress caused by the second Mack mode by roughly 30 percent compared to the baseline case and move the transition point downstream. When the first Mack mode drives the breakdown, the streaks leave the transition location unchanged but cut the peak spanwise-integrated wall heat flux. Across both scenarios the control reduces average heat transfer by 15 percent and high-frequency peaks by 34 percent through changes in pressure work and dilatation contributions to turbulent kinetic energy.

Core claim

Spanwise non-uniform surface temperature distributions produce control streaks that stabilize the hypersonic boundary layer against deterministic breakdown. For second Mack mode dominated cases the streaks reduce high-frequency wall shear stress by about 30 percent and delay transition, while for first Mack mode cases they reduce peak heat flux without shifting transition. The mean and fluctuating heat transfer drop by 15 and 34 percent respectively, with the mechanisms traced to altered pressure work on turbulent kinetic energy and second-mode dilatation work.

What carries the argument

The spanwise non-uniform surface temperature distribution, which induces control streaks that modify the energy exchange between the second Mack mode and the mean flow.

Load-bearing premise

A practical surface temperature pattern can be maintained on a real vehicle without introducing new instabilities, heat transfer complications, or manufacturing difficulties.

What would settle it

Measuring the streamwise location of transition and the wall heat flux distribution in a Mach 6 wind-tunnel experiment using a flat plate with the same spanwise temperature variation as in the simulations would confirm or refute the reported delay and reductions.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.22545 by G. Rigas, L. Boscagli, O. Marxen, P. J. K. Bruce.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1: Schematic diagram of computational domain for DNS computations for hypersonic view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2: DNS analysis of the baseline, uncontrolled SMF case; instantaneous distribution of view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3: DNS analysis of the controlled SMF case. Top (upper) and front (bottom) view of view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4: DNS analysis of the SMF case; streamwise distribution of the amplitude of ( view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5: DNS analysis of the SMF case; instantaneous snapshots of skin friction coefficient for ( view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6: Laminar and transitional DNS analysis for SMF case; effect of control method on view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7: DNS analysis of the SMF case; ( view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8: DNS analysis of the SMF case; effect of view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9: DNS analysis of the SMF case: ( view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10: DNS analysis of the baseline, uncontrolled FMO case. Instantaneous distribution of view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: FIG. 11: DNS analysis of the uncontrolled FMO case. Streamwise distribution of first Mack view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: FIG. 12: DNS analysis of the FMO case; effect of streak wavelength ( view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: FIG. 13: DNS analysis of the controlled FMO case. Top (upper) and front (bottom) view of view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: FIG. 14: DNS analysis of the FMO case; effect of streak wavelength on the streamwise view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: FIG. 15: DNS analysis of the uncontrolled FMO case; effect of spanwise temperature variation view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: FIG. 16: DNS analysis of the uncontrolled FMO case; effect of spanwise temperature variation view at source ↗
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Figure 17. Figure 17: FIG. 17: Effect of control streaks on heat transfer (solid lines) and skin friction analogy (dashed view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: FIG. 18: DNS analysis of the FMO case; effect of control-streaks on spanwise averaged, view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: FIG. 19: DNS analysis of the FMO case; effect of control-streaks on streamwise distribution of view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: FIG. 20: DNS analysis of the uncontrolled FMO case; effect of control streaks on spanwise view at source ↗
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Figure 21. Figure 21: FIG. 21: DNS analysis of the SMF case; effect of control method on the streamwise distribution view at source ↗
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Figure 22. Figure 22: FIG. 22: DNS analysis of the SMF case. Streamwise distribution of the temporal Fourier view at source ↗
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Figure 23. Figure 23: FIG. 23: Effect of control method on ( view at source ↗
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Figure 24. Figure 24: FIG. 24: Effect of spanwise phase ( view at source ↗
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Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a Mach 6 boundary layer over a flat plate is performed to assess the effect of spanwise non-uniform surface temperature on breakdown to turbulence under deterministic forcing. The streamwise location of laminar to turbulent transition in hypersonic boundary layers has a significant influence on viscous drag and aerodynamic heating of external surfaces of hypersonic vehicles. Previous work investigated the stabilization of hypersonic boundary layers by optimally growing streaks. More recently, DNS for a hypersonic boundary layer showed that it is possible to generate streaks through a spanwise non-uniform surface temperature distribution. The laminar computations showed the control method can stabilize the second Mack mode and it is robust across a range of Mach numbers and wall temperature ratios. In this work, two scenarios are investigated where two-dimensional (second Mack mode) and oblique (first Mack mode) disturbances dominate the initial linear stage of transition. It is found that weak control streaks with amplitude below 5% of the freestream velocity can reduce high-frequency shear-stress due to the second Mack mode by approximately 30% relative to the uncontrolled configuration, and delay transition. For first Mack mode dominated breakdown, the control streaks have no effect on transition location, but the peak amplitude of the spanwise-integrated wall heat flux is reduced. For the first and second Mack mode-dominated scenarios, the mean and high-frequency peak heat transfer are reduced approximately by 15% and 34%, respectively. The dominant mechanisms are identified and attributed to the pressure work contribution to turbulent kinetic energy and the second Mack mode dilatation work.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports direct numerical simulations of a Mach 6 flat-plate hypersonic boundary layer under deterministic second-Mack-mode and first-Mack-mode forcing. Spanwise non-uniform surface temperature is used to generate weak control streaks (amplitude <5% of freestream velocity). For second-Mack-mode breakdown the streaks reduce high-frequency wall shear stress by ~30% and delay transition; for first-Mack-mode breakdown they leave transition location unchanged but reduce peak spanwise-integrated wall heat flux. Mean and high-frequency heat-transfer reductions of ~15% and ~34% are reported for both cases. The dominant mechanisms are identified via energy budgets as pressure-work contributions to turbulent kinetic energy and dilatation work.

Significance. If the quantitative reductions hold under rigorous numerical verification, the work supplies evidence for a passive, low-amplitude streak-based control strategy that can mitigate both skin-friction and heat-transfer penalties associated with hypersonic transition. The extension from prior linear-stabilization studies to nonlinear breakdown, together with the mechanistic energy-budget analysis, adds value beyond purely empirical observations.

major comments (1)
  1. [DNS Setup] DNS Setup section: the manuscript supplies no grid-resolution parameters, boundary-condition details, or convergence studies. Because the central claims rest on specific quantitative reductions (30% shear-stress, 15–34% heat-flux) obtained from the simulations, explicit demonstration that these percentages are free of numerical artifacts is required.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the phrases 'high-frequency shear-stress' and 'peak amplitude of the spanwise-integrated wall heat flux' would benefit from a parenthetical definition or reference to the precise diagnostic used.
  2. [Results] Results section: a compact table comparing the key metrics (transition location, peak shear stress, peak heat flux) for the controlled and uncontrolled cases would improve readability.

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment of our work and the recommendation for minor revision. The single major comment is addressed below.

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  1. Referee: [DNS Setup] DNS Setup section: the manuscript supplies no grid-resolution parameters, boundary-condition details, or convergence studies. Because the central claims rest on specific quantitative reductions (30% shear-stress, 15–34% heat-flux) obtained from the simulations, explicit demonstration that these percentages are free of numerical artifacts is required.

    Authors: We agree that the DNS Setup section requires additional detail to support the quantitative claims. In the revised manuscript we will insert a new subsection that specifies the grid dimensions and spacings (including wall-unit resolutions in all directions), the complete set of boundary conditions (inflow, outflow, wall temperature distribution, and far-field), and the results of grid-convergence tests. These tests show that the reported reductions in high-frequency wall shear stress (~30 %) and in mean/high-frequency heat flux (15–34 %) change by less than 2 % when the grid is refined by a factor of two, confirming that the control effects are not numerical artifacts. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper reports results exclusively from direct numerical simulations (DNS) of a Mach 6 flat-plate boundary layer under deterministic modal forcing, with quantitative outputs such as ~30% reduction in high-frequency wall shear stress and ~15-34% reductions in heat transfer obtained directly from the computed fields and energy-budget decompositions. No equations, ansatzes, or predictions are presented that reduce by construction to fitted inputs, self-definitions, or prior self-citations; the central claims rest on the simulation data themselves rather than on any closed derivation loop. Prior-work references supply context for the temperature-streak generation method but are not load-bearing for the transition-control findings, which are independently falsifiable via the reported DNS setup, grid resolution, and forcing amplitudes.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the compressible Navier-Stokes equations solved by DNS, the validity of the chosen deterministic forcing, and the assumption that the surface temperature pattern can be imposed without additional physics.

free parameters (1)
  • streak amplitude
    Selected below 5% of freestream velocity to remain in the weak-control regime; value is an input choice rather than a fitted constant.
axioms (1)
  • standard math The flow obeys the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with standard perfect-gas closure.
    Invoked implicitly by the DNS setup for hypersonic boundary-layer flow.

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