On the spiking stages in deep transition and unsteady separation

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 227-245

  Bowles, Robert I ^a   Davies, Christopher ^b   Smith, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer transition; Breakdown; Separation; Spikes; Vortices

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

SPIKING STAGES;

ENGINEERING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; SEPARATION; TRANSITION FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX;

EID: 0037389097     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022677807035     Document Type: Article

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