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Boundary-layer instability experiment with localized disturbance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

B. R. Vasudeva
B. R. Vasudeva
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MarylandPresent address: Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
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Abstract

Laminar boundary layer on a flat plate with zero pressure gradient was excited by a solitary three-dimensional disturbance. The growth of the disturbance was studied using a 10-channel linearized d.c.-coupled hot-wire system. The development of the disturbance flow field was studied and compared with theory by Criminale & Kovasznay (1962). The experimental results indicate a departure from the theory on account of the simplifying assumptions made in the theory. Certain new results were also obtained.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , 27 September 1967, pp. 745 - 763
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© 1967 Cambridge University Press

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