Prediction of Transition in the Boundary Layer on an Aerofoil

4 July 1958

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Vol. 62 (571) , 525-528
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0368393100069170

Abstract

Transition to turbulence in the boundary layer on an aerofoil may occur in several different ways, not the least important of which is by bubble separation of the laminar layer. Thus in establishing an empirical criterion for the limit of existence of a laminar boundary layer the necessary parameters must be able to describe separation and instability, as well as being physically reasonable and simple to calculate and use.

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