BOUNDARY LAYER STABILITY AND TRANSITION

Abstract

A review is given of boundary layer stability and transition. The normal modes procedures as they apply to boundary layers are briefly reviewed and the mechanism of instability is discussed. It is shown how normal modes results may be used to give guidance regarding the factors affecting transition. Some remarks are made about the prediction of transition and about the fixing of transition. It is concluded that the process of transition from laminar to turbulent flow remains unsolved. However, significant inroads into inroads into the understanding of transition are now possible because of our ability to do sophisticated theoretical and experimental studies of the stability of laminar boundary layers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693617

Entities

People

  • Eli Reshotko

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Control
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mechanics
  • Phase Velocity
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.