On the merging of turbulent spots in a supersonic boundary-layer flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 542-550

  Krishnan, L ^a   Sandham, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressible boundary layer; Spot merging; Transition to turbulence; Turbulent spots

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

COMPRESSIBLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SPOT MERGING; TURBULENT SPOTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 33745699928     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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