STABILITY AND TRANSITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS. Conference Paper

abstract

• Theoretical and experimental results on the stability of three-dimensional boundary layers are presented. Emphasis is placed on instabilities in swept-wing flows although other types of 3-D flows are reviewed. Secondary instabilities in the form of vortex-vortex wave interactions are shown to dominate the transition process. These secondary instabilities produce unusual experimental observations that can only be explained by the theory.

authors

• Reed, Helen
• Saric, William

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics

author list (cited authors)

• Reed, H. L., & Saric, W. S.

complete list of authors

• Reed, HL||Saric, WS

publication date

• December 1986

start page

• 457

end page

• 468