This article reviews linear instability analysis of flows over or through complex two-
dimensional (2D) and 3D geometries. In the three decades since it first appeared in the …

Two-and three-dimensional modal and non-modal instability mechanisms of steady
spanwise-homogeneous laminar separated flow over airfoil profiles, placed at large angles …

This paper examines the three-dimensional cellular patterns appearing on wings in
subsonic stall and transonic buffet conditions. Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes …

The present thesis constitutes a step forward in advancing the frontiers of knowledge of fluid
flow instability from a physical point of view, as a consequence of having been successful in …

The self-excited instabilities acting on laminar separation bubbles in the absence of external
forcing are studied by means of linear stability analysis and direct numerical simulation …

Critical point theory asserts that two-dimensional topologies are defined as degeneracies
and any three-dimensional disturbance of a two-dimensional flow will lead to a new three …

The topology of the composite flow fields reconstructed by linear superposition of a two-
dimensional boundary layer flow with an embedded laminar separation bubble and its …

A unified solution framework is presented for one-, two-or three-dimensional complex non-
symmetric eigenvalue problems, respectively governing linear modal instability of …

The self-excited global instability mechanisms existing in flat-plate laminar separation
bubbles are studied here, in order to shed light on the causes of unsteadiness and three …

Global stability modes of flows provide significant insight into their dynamics. Direct methods
to obtain these modes are restricted by the daunting sizes and complexity of Jacobians …