On the origin of the inflectional instability of a laminar separation bubble

DOI10.1017/S002211200900634XzbMath1181.76004MaRDI QIDQ5187667

O. N. Ramesh, Sourabh S. Diwan

Publication date: 26 February 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s002211200900634x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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

76E99: Hydrodynamic stability

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