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Generation of Crossflow Vortices in a Three-Dimensional Flat-Plate Flow

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Laminar-Turbulent Transition

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Experiments are conducted which demonstrate the feasibility of creating crossflow vortices in a flat-plate flow. A swept leading edge and contoured wind-tunnel walls produce a strong pressure gradient and a typical swept-wing flow on the plate. Detailed three-dimensional measurements, made within the boundary layer using hot-wire anemometry, are supplemented with different flow-visualization techniques. Comparisons are made with theoretical flow-field and stability calculations.

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  1. W. S. Saric

    Present address: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA

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  1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA

    L. G. Yeates

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  1. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Institutskaya, 4/1, Novosibirsk-90, USSR

    V. V. Kozlov

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Saric, W.S., Yeates, L.G. (1985). Generation of Crossflow Vortices in a Three-Dimensional Flat-Plate Flow. In: Kozlov, V.V. (eds) Laminar-Turbulent Transition. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82462-3_52

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