Experimental study of the stability of boundary-layer flow along a heated, inclined plate

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 367, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-25

  Zuercher, E J ^a   Jacobs, J W ^a   Chen, C F ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCHLIEREN SYSTEMS; STABILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

ISOTHERMAL PLATE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0542451596     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098001347     Document Type: Article

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