Numerical studies of streak instability in boundary layers

Fluid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 78, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-126

  Brandt, Luca ^a   Cossu, Carlo ^b   Henningson, Dan S ^a   Chomaz, Jean Marc ^b   Huerre, Patrick ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Instability; Streamwise streaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859846268     PISSN: 09265112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4159-4_13     Document Type: Article

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