Linear and nonlinear instabilities of a Blasius boundary layer perturbed by streamwise vortices. Part 2. Intermittent instability induced by long-wavelength Klebanoff modes

DOI10.1017/S0022112003004221zbMath1137.76377MaRDI QIDQ4440965

Meelan M. Choudhari, Xuesong Wu

Publication date: 18 December 2003

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10)

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