Optimal disturbances and bypass transition in boundary layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 134-150

  Andersson, Paul ^a,b   Berggren, Martin ^a   Henningson, Dan S ^a,b  

^a Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 5844281163     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869908     Document Type: Article

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