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The Development of Intermittent Turbulence on a Swept Attachment Line Including the Effects of Compressibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

D.I.A. Poll
D.I.A. Poll*
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College of Aeronautics, Cranfield Institute of Technology
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Summary

A model of the boundary layer transition process at an infinite swept attachment line under incompressible flow conditions and in the presence of a gross upstream disturbance is developed. The approach adopted is based upon the spot concepts of Emmons which are well established for transition on a flat plate. An extension to compressible flow situations is made by means of a simple transformation which reduces the process to an equivalent incompressible form. A new criterion for predicting the onset of attachment-line transition is proposed.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 1 - 23
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1983

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