Effect of free-stream turbulence on boundary layer transition

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2013.0354zbMath1353.76025OpenAlexW2005821145WikidataQ51076799 ScholiaQ51076799MaRDI QIDQ2955680

Marvin E. Goldstein

Publication date: 13 January 2017

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2013.0354

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

Related Items (6)

Numerical investigation of laminar–turbulent transition in laminar separation bubbles: the effect of free-stream turbulence ⋮ Role of Klebanoff modes in active flow control of separation: direct numerical simulations ⋮ Prediction of laminar-turbulent transition on flat plate on the basis of stochastic theory of turbulence and equivalence of measures ⋮ Görtler vortices and streaks in boundary layer subject to pressure gradient: excitation by free stream vortical disturbances, nonlinear evolution and secondary instability ⋮ Entrainment of short-wavelength free-stream vortical disturbances in compressible and incompressible boundary layers ⋮ Test section streaks originating from imperfections in a zither located upstream of a contraction

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