On streak breakdown in bypass transition

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Schlatter, Philipp ^a   Brandt, Luca ^b   de Lange, H C ^b   Henningson, Dan S ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary layer turbulence; Flow instability; Flow simulation; Flow visualisation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW SIMULATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER STREAKS; BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; DISPLACEMENT THICKNESS; EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLOW VISUALISATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 55849114017     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3005836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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