Characterizing boundary-layer instability at finite Reynolds numbers

DOI10.1016/S0997-7546(98)80060-5zbMath0945.76019MaRDI QIDQ1285994

Jonathan J. Healey

Publication date: 2 May 1999

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

inflection pointneutral curveadverse pressure gradientFalkner-Skan similarity profilesinviscid instabilitylarge-Reynolds-number scalingOrr-Sommerfeld theoryviscous instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability (76E05)

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