Fundamental and subharmonic transition to turbulence in zero-pressure-gradient flat-plate boundary layers
Fluid Dynamics
2015-05-30 v1
Abstract
In this fluid dynamics video, recent simulations of transition to turbulence in compressible (M = 0.2), zero-pressure-gradient flat-plate boundary layers triggered by fundamental (Klebanoff K-type) and subharmonic (Herbert H-type) secondary instabilities of Tollmien-Schlichting waves are highlighted.
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@article{arxiv.1110.3986,
title = {Fundamental and subharmonic transition to turbulence in zero-pressure-gradient flat-plate boundary layers},
author = {Taraneh Sayadi and Curtis W. Hamman and Parviz Moin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3986},
year = {2015}
}
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Two fluid dynamics videos are included for the 64th Annual APS DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion in Baltimore, Maryland 2011