Subcritical instability on the attachment-line of an infinite swept wing

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 529, Issue , 2005, Pages 147-171

  Sengupta, T K ^a   Dipankar, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EDDY CURRENTS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY;

ATTACHMENT LINES; LEADING-EDGE CONTAMINATION (LEC); PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION (POD); VORTEX-INDUCED INSTABILITY;

WINGS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 18644362763     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004003246     Document Type: Article

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