Flow criticality governs leading-edge-vortex initiation on finite wings in unsteady flow

DOI10.1017/JFM.2020.896zbMATH Open1461.76592OpenAlexW3119740099MaRDI QIDQ5145403FDOQ5145403

Authors: Yoshikazu Hirato, Minao Shen, Ashok Gopalarathnam, Jack R. Edwards 

Publication date: 20 January 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.896

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zbMATH Keywords

boundary layer separationvortex sheddingswimming/flying

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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