Disturbance growth in boundary layers subjected to free-stream turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112000002810zbMath0963.76509OpenAlexW2144603599MaRDI QIDQ2710450

Masaharu Matsubara, P. Henrik Alfredsson

Publication date: 1 July 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000002810

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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