Nonlinear instabilities of a non-self-similar boundary layer on an airfoil: experiments, DNS, and theory

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2011.07.006zbMath1258.76020WikidataQ59891310 ScholiaQ59891310MaRDI QIDQ1940593

D. Sartorius, W. Würz, Boris V. Smorodsky, Vladimir I. Borodulin, Markus Kloker, Yury S. Kachanov

Publication date: 7 March 2013

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2011.07.006

zbMATH Keywords

boundary layer; weakly nonlinear interaction; transition; subharmonic resonance; airfoil; instability wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

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

76M22: Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

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