Exponential vs Algebraic Growth and Transition Prediction in Boundary Layer Flow

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 183-210

  Levin, Ori ^a   Henningson, Dan S ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Optimal disturbance; Stability; Transition prediction

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

OPTIMAL DISTURBANCE; PARABOLIZED STABILITY EQUATIONS (PSE);

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0347592348     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPL.0000004918.05683.46     Document Type: Article

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