Mechanism of wall turbulence in boundary layer flow

Modern Physics Letters B

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-460

  Dou, Hua Shu ^a   Khoo, Boo Cheong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Energy gradient; Energy loss; Instability; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249084027     PISSN: 02179849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984909018643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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