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Incipient instability in free convection laminar boundary layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Constantine E. Polymeropoulos  and
Benjamin Gebhart
Constantine E. Polymeropoulos
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
Benjamin Gebhart
Affiliation:
Cornell University
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Abstract

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of the behaviour of artificial disturbances produced by an oscillating ribbon in the free convection boundary layer over a vertical uniform flux plate. The boundary layer was observed using a Mach Zehnder interferometer. The observations resulted in the approximate location of a neutral curve which is in good agreement with calculations from the linear stability theory.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , 9 November 1967 , pp. 225 - 239
Copyright
© 1967 Cambridge University Press

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