Transition to chaos in an open unforced 2D flow (Q1208894)

Mathematically speaking, the most interesting part of the work is the appendix (the logistic model of chaos). As a study of computational physics, the paper seems to be of an extreme interest. A lot of work is done to determine the bifurcation sequence which leads from periodic flow to complex aperiodic flow, to identify and quantify the chaos present in the aperiodic flow and to evaluate the role of numerics in modifying and controlling the observed bifurcation scenario. This is carried out for the unsteady low Reynolds number flow past a \(2D\) airfoil. The full \(2D\)- Navier-Stokes equations are solved numerically for a NACA 0012 airfoil at \(M=0.2\), \(\alpha=20^ \circ\) and Re<4000.