On the catalytic role of the phase-locked interaction of Tollmien–Schlichting waves in boundary-layer transition

DOI10.1017/S002211200700804XzbMath1141.76394MaRDI QIDQ5431108

Stephen J. Cowley, Xuesong Wu, P. A. Stewart

Publication date: 7 December 2007

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76E30: Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability

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

76F06: Transition to turbulence

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