On linear and nonlinear instability of the incompressible swept attachment-line boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 355, Issue , 1998, Pages 193-227

  Theofilis, Vassilios ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LINEARIZATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GORTLER HAMMERLIN FRAMEWORKS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

ATTACHMENT (FLOW); BOUNDARY LAYER; CYLINDER; INSTABILITY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CYLINDERS; INSTABILITY; NAVIER-SOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031746985     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007660     Document Type: Article

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