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Dialogue on Progress and Issues in Stability and Transition Research

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Laminar-Turbulent Transition

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The authors have carried on a dialogue on the nature of transition for over thirty-three years. This paper emphasizes observations and views (positions) on transition issues focusing principally on developments since the First IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition of 1979.

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  1. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA

    M. V. Morkovin (Professor Emeritus)

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    E. Reshotko (Professor of Engineering)

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Morkovin, M.V., Reshotko, E. (1990). Dialogue on Progress and Issues in Stability and Transition Research. In: Arnal, D., Michel, R. (eds) Laminar-Turbulent Transition. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84103-3_1

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