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Boundary layer two-dimensionality in wind tunnels

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  1. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, JIAA, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    R. D. Mehta

  2. Department of Civil and Aeronautical Eng., Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 3001, Melbourne, Australia

    P. H. Hoffmann

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Mehta, R.D., Hoffmann, P.H. Boundary layer two-dimensionality in wind tunnels. Exp. Fluids 5, 358 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277718

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