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Numerical experiments on finite difference solutions of time dependent two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are used to study the transition triggering off in a mixing layer of initial tanh(y) profile. The inflow is excited by sinusoÎdal waves resulting from the linear theory of hydrodynamic instability. Numerical realizations are compared, through streamwise growth of momentum thickness and vorticity plots, with Winant and Browand experiments.
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Bouriot, M., Tsen, L.F. (1981). Numerical Experiments on Transition Triggering off in a Two-Dimensional Shear Flow. In: Michel, R., Cousteix, J., Houdeville, R. (eds) Unsteady Turbulent Shear Flows. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81732-8_18
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