The late stages of transition induced by a low-amplitude wavepacket in a laminar boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 340, Issue , 1997, Pages 395-411

  Breuer, Kenneth S ^a   Cohen, Jacob ^b   Haritonidis, Joseph H ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; TURBULENCE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

LOW-AMPLITUDE WAVEPACKETS;

TRANSITION FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LAMINAR FLOW; TURBULENCE;

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE; WAVES;

EID: 0031153888     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097005417     Document Type: Article

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