Modeling transition in separated and attached boundary layers

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 402-411

  Roberts, Stephen K ^a   Yaras, Metin I ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layer transition; Transition modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER SHAPE FACTOR; SEPARATION BUBBLES; TURBULENT SPOT PRODUCTION;

TURBOMACHINERY;

TURBULENCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 21444445831     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1860570     Document Type: Article

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