Random vortex methods are applied to the analysis of boundary layer instability in two and three space dimensions. A thorough discussion of boundary conditions is given. In two dimensions, the results are in good agreement with known facts. In three dimensions, a new version of the method is introduced, in which the computational elements are vortex segments. The numerical results afford new insight into the effects of the third dimension on the stability of a boundary layer over a flat plate.
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Alexandre J. Chorin (1980) studied this question.
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