Transverse instability and low-frequency flapping in incompressible separated boundary layer flows: an experimental study

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.225zbMath1248.76007MaRDI QIDQ2907232

Thomas Leweke, Uwe Ehrenstein, Pierre-Yves Passaggia

Publication date: 7 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.225

zbMATH Keywords

instability; boundary layer separation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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

76E09: Stability and instability of nonparallel flows in hydrodynamic stability

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