Oblique-Mode Breakdown and Secondary Instability in Supersonic Boundary Layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 273, Issue , 1994, Pages 323-360

  Chang, Chau Lyan ^a   Malik, Mujeeb R ^a  

^a High Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCULATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; STABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVES;

LAMINAR TURBULENT TRANSITION; MACH NUMBER; OBLIQUE MODE BREAKDOWN; SECONDARY INSTABILITY; STREAMWISE VORTEX; SUPERSONIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0028480505     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112094001965     Document Type: Article

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