On the linear stability of swept attachment-line boundary layer flow. Part 1. Spectrum and asymptotic behaviour

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 493, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-29

  Obrist, Dominik ^a   Schmid, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; POLYNOMIALS;

SWEPT ATTACHMENT-LINE FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; STABILITY;

EID: 0242510000     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003005779     Document Type: Article

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