Secondary instability of crossflow vortices and swept-wing boundary-layer transition

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 399, Issue , 1999, Pages 85-115

  Malik, Mujeeb R ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Choudhari, Meelan M ^a   Chang, Chau Lyan ^a  

^a High Technology Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0001844967     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099006291     Document Type: Article

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