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Ron F. Blackwelder

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Publications

42

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Active since

1970

Affiliations

University of Southern California(Current)

University of Notre Dame

Johns Hopkins University

Ron F. Blackwelder is an author at University of Southern California specializing in engineering, fluid mechanics, and aerodynamics.

Top concepts

EngineeringFluid DynamicsAerodynamicsTurbulence ModelingTurbulenceSpace EngineeringMultiphase FlowAeroacousticsPhysicsVortex Dynamics

Publications per year

1970–2008

42

Publications

42

On the wall structure of the turbulent boundary layer

Ron F. Blackwelder, R. Kaplan · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1976 · 683 citations

Aeroacoustics, Unsteady Flow, Engineering +10

Large-scale motion in the intermittent region of a turbulent boundary layer

Leslie S. G. Kovásznay, Valdis Kibens, Ron F. Blackwelder · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1970 · 578 citations

Aeroacoustics, Unsteady Flow, Engineering +15

The growth and breakdown of streamwise vortices in the presence of a wall

J. D. Swearingen, Ron F. Blackwelder · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1987 · 474 citations

Aeroacoustics, Engineering, Fluid Mechanics +16

Scaling of the bursting frequency in turbulent boundary layers

Ron F. Blackwelder, Joseph H. Haritonidis · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1983 · 291 citations

Unsteady Flow, Turbulent Boundary Layers, Engineering +12

Streamwise vortices associated with the bursting phenomenon

Ron F. Blackwelder, Helmut Eckelmann · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1979 · 290 citations

Streamwise Vortices, Vortex Dynamics, Bursting Phenomenon +14

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