A stability study of the developing mixing layer formed by two supersonic laminar streams

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3253-3263

  Liang, Fang Pei ^a   Reshotko, Eli ^a   Demetriades, Anthony ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; SUPERSONIC FLOW; VELOCITY; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

AMPLIFICATION RATE; BOUNDING WALL; DEVELOPING MIXING LAYER; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; SUPERSONIC LAMINAR STREAMS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 0030389608     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869116     Document Type: Article

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