Variable N-factor method for transition prediction in three-dimensional boundary layers

AIAA journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-216

  Crouch, J D ^a   Ng, L L ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE;

CROSS FLOW INSTABILITIES; LINEAR AMPLITUDE METHODS;

TRANSITION FLOW;

EID: 0034140810     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.973     Document Type: Article

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