Linear stability theory applied to boundary layers

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1996, Pages 389-428

  Reed, Helen L ^a   Saric, William S ^a   Arnal, Daniel ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Drag reduction; Laminar flow control; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000488122     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fl.28.010196.002133     Document Type: Article

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