Transition induced by linear and nonlinear perturbation growth in flow past a compressor blade

Flow past a NACA 65 blade at chord-based Reynolds number 138;500 is studied using stability analysis, generalised (spatially weighted) transient growth analysis and direct numerical simulations (DNS). The mechanisms of transition on various sections of the blade observed in previous work (Zaki et al...

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Main Authors: Mao, Xuerui, Zaki, T.A., Sherwin, S.J., Blackburn, H.M.
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41885/