Transition thresholds in the asymptotic suction boundary layer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Levin, Ori ^a   Davidsson, E Niklas ^b   Henningson, Dan S ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

ASYMPTOTIC SUCTION BOUNDARY LAYER; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RANDOM NOISE; TRANSITION THRESHOLDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 30044443822     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2136900     Document Type: Article

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