In this article an analytical technique, namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM), is applied to solve the momentum and energy equations in the case of a two-dimensional incompressible flow passing over a wedge. The trail and error method and Padé approximation strategies have been used to obtain the constant coefficients in the approximated solution. The effects of the polynomial terms of HAM...

The Adjoint Parabolized Stability Equations (APSE) are used to predict the receptivity of boundary layers to a variety of disturbances. The method is validated through comparisons to direct solutions of the linearized Navier–Stokes (LNS) and adjoint Navier–Stokes (ANS) equations and APSE is found to accurately predict receptivity with significant gains in efficiency compared to Navier–Stokes ba...