Reynolds-number-independent instability of the boundary layer over a flat surface

DOI10.1017/S0022112096008476zbMath0883.76034MaRDI QIDQ4354486

Paolo Luchini

Publication date: 23 March 1998

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

bypass transition; initial linear amplification mechanism; lift-up; temporal algebraic growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

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