A numerical and experimental study of a transitional separation bubble

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 317-328

  Häggmark, Carl P ^a,b   Hildings, C ^a,c   Henningson, Dan S ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c HiQ Data   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Transitional separation bubble; Two dimensional instability wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035599943     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(01)01110-5     Document Type: Article

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