23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-2.8.3

PREDICTION OF LAMINAR-TO-TURBULENT TRANSITION IN INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW PAST 3-D CAVITY

H. Yao, R. Cooper, E. Benard, S. Raghunathan
Queen's University of Belfast, UK

Keywords: laminar-to-turbulent transition, incompressible flow, 3-d cavity

This paper investigates laminar-to-turbulent transition in incompressible flow past a 3-D open shallow rectangular cavity and includes two parts: 1) numerical simulation of the transition, and 2) prediction of the area of the transition in the shear layer of the cavity.

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