Leading-edge effects in bypass transition

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 572, Issue , 2007, Pages 471-504

  Nagarajan, S ^a   Lele, S K ^a   Ferziger, J H ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE;

BYPASS TRANSITION; FREE-STREAM VORTICES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; LEADING EDGE EFFECTS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; CHANNEL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENCE;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VORTEX FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

BYPASS TRANSITION; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; LEADING-EDGE EFFECTS;

EID: 33846487402     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001893     Document Type: Article

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