Three-dimensional transverse instabilities in detached boundary layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 571, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-233

  Gallaire, Fançois ^a   Marquillie, Matthieu ^b   Ehrenstein, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TRANSVERSE INSTABILITIES; VISCOUS EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW OVER SURFACE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

EID: 33846045949     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002898     Document Type: Article

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