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Threshold Conditions for Breakdown of Laminar Boundary Layers

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Laminar-Turbulent Transition

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A perturbation method based on a simultaneous expansion for primary and secondary modes of instability is used to study the flow field in the later stages of transition. Results of the analysis are in good agreement with experimental data for amplitudes in excess of 5% that cause immediate breakdown. Threshold conditions for sustained growth of subharmonic modes past branch II are calculated. These conditions are presented both in terms of branch II amplitudes and initial amplitudes.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

    Thorwald Herbert

  2. Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 4420, Washington, DC, 20375, USA

    Jeffrey D. Crouch

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  1. Dept. Aérothermodynamique, ONERA/CERT, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches de Toulouse, 2, av. E. Belin, 31055, Toulouse, Cedex, France

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Herbert, T., Crouch, J.D. (1990). Threshold Conditions for Breakdown of Laminar Boundary Layers. 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_7

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