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A spanwise structure in the plane shear layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Javier Jimenez
Javier Jimenez
Affiliation:
IBM Scientific Center, P. Castellana 4, Madrid, Spain and School of Aeronautics, Universidad Politecnica, Madrid
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Abstract

We study experimentally the spanwise structure of the mean flow field of a plane shear layer. The field is dominated by a lateral undulation that persists downstream to form long longitudinal structures. Both the amplitude and spacing of these structures vary in such a way as to suggest that they are due to a secondary instability of the flow field. Some models for this instability are discussed and compared with the experimental results.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 132 , July 1983, pp. 319 - 336
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© 1983 Cambridge University Press

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