On the resolution of critical flow regions in inviscid linear and nonlinear instability calculations

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-129

  Theofilis, Vassilios ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Euler equations; Finite time singularities; Transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE-TIME SINGULARITIES; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY CALCULATIONS;

TRANSITION FLOW;

CRITICAL FLOW; INSTABILITY;

CRITICAL FLOW; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0032128852     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1564-5_7     Document Type: Article

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