IUTAM Symposium "Laminar-Turbulent Transition"
Abstract
The IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, co-hosted by Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, was held in Sedona Arizona. Although four previous IUTAM Symposia bear the same appellation (Stuttgart 1979, Novosibirsk 1984, Toulouse 1989, and Sendai 1994) the topics that were emphasized were each different and reflect the evolving nature of our understanding of the transition process. The Sedona 1999 meeting was almost exclusively bounded shear layers as open systems. The major impact topics were receptivity of initial disturbances, crossflow instabilities, supersonic flows, and control of transition. More papers appeared on combined numerical and experimental work. In other cases, teams from different institutes combined resources to solve complicated problems. The objectives of many of these studies were to properly define the fundamental physics of the stability and transition process. One can track certain freestream disturbances that provide the initial conditions for unstable waves in somewhat complicated geometries. As a consequence, this fundamental knowledge now enables different techniques of transition control and its subsequent decrease in drag. One expects increased emphasis on this topic. Papers on transient growth and sub-critical development of 3-D disturbances pointed to future areas of research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378346
Entities
People
- William S. Saric
Organizations
- Arizona State University