An initial-value problem for fully three-dimensional inflectional boundary layer flows

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-148

  Allen, T ^a   Brown, S N ^a   Smith, F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032337472     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001620050103     Document Type: Article

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