On the stability of attachment-line boundary layers. Part 2. The effect of leading-edge curvature

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 333, Issue , 1997, Pages 125-137

  Lin, Ray Sing ^a   Malik, Mujeeb R ^a  

^a High Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; WINGS;

LEADING-EDGE CURVATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW STABILITY; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0012980004     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004260     Document Type: Article

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