Distortion of a flat-plate boundary layer by free-stream vorticity normal to the plate

DOI10.1017/S0022112092003409zbMath0747.76042MaRDI QIDQ4007102

Stephen J. Cowley, Stewart J. Leib, Marvin E. Goldstein

Publication date: 27 September 1992

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

zbMATH Keywords

shear stressseparationsemi-infinite flat platestreamwise disturbance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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