On the weakly nonlinear development of Tollmien-Schlichting wavetrains in boundary layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 323, Issue , 1996, Pages 133-171

  Wu, Xuesong ^a   Stewart, Philip A ^b   Cowley, Stephen J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

ASYMPTOTIC METHODS; SHEAR LAYERS; TOLLMIEN-SCHLICHTING WAVETRAIN;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; WAVES;

EID: 0030239361     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000870     Document Type: Article

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