Initial-value problems for spot disturbances in incompressible or compressible boundary layers

DOI10.1007/BF00043229zbMath0747.76041MaRDI QIDQ1189842

D. J. Doorly, Frank T. Smith

Publication date: 27 September 1992

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

unsteady Euler equations; long-scale inviscid spot; Tollmien-Schlichting lengths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76N20: Boundary-layer theory for compressible fluids and gas dynamics

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