Numerical simulations of boundary-layer bypass transition due to high-amplitude free-stream turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 613, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-169

  Ovchinnikov, Victor ^a   Choudhari, Meelan M ^b   Piomelli, Ugo ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; FLAT PLATE BOUNDARY LAYERS; FREESTREAM TURBULENCE; HORSESHOE VORTICES; SPANWISE STRUCTURES; TRANSITIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT REGIONS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTICITY;

EID: 54049100464     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008003017     Document Type: Article

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