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FIGURE 11. Evolution in time of the linear optimal perturbation obtained for Re = 300, k = 1.5, T = 50, with initial energy Eo = 10~°: streamwise component of the base flow velocity (flat light blue surface for U = 0.2); streamwise vorticity perturbation (white and black surfaces for we = +0.001) at t = 0 (a) and t = 25 (b), streamwise velocity perturbation (light grey, green online, and dark grey, red online, for u?™’"* = +0.00002) at t = 50 (c) and t = 100 (d).   Transient growth in the flow past a three-dimensional smooth roughness element 17

Figure 11 Evolution in time of the linear optimal perturbation obtained for Re = 300, k = 1.5, T = 50, with initial energy Eo = 10~°: streamwise component of the base flow velocity (flat light blue surface for U = 0.2); streamwise vorticity perturbation (white and black surfaces for we = +0.001) at t = 0 (a) and t = 25 (b), streamwise velocity perturbation (light grey, green online, and dark grey, red online, for u?™’"* = +0.00002) at t = 50 (c) and t = 100 (d). Transient growth in the flow past a three-dimensional smooth roughness element 17