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Boundary Layer Stability

Boundary Layer Stability is a theoretical construct in fluid dynamics that characterizes the susceptibility of a laminar boundary layer flow to undergo transition to turbulence due to infinitesimal disturbances, distinguishing it from related stability concepts by its specific focus on the velocity and pressure gradients within the thin viscous layer adjacent to a solid surface.

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The three-dimensional nature of boundary-layer instability

Philip S. Klebanoff, K. D. Tidstrom, L. M. Sargent · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1962 · 1.1K citations

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Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts

G. A. Houseman, Dan McKenzie, Péter Molnár · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 1.1K citations

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On the stability of steady finite amplitude convection

Anne Schlüter, D. Lortz, F. H. Busse · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1965 · 674 citations

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Transition and Stability of High-Speed Boundary Layers

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2011 · 669 citations

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On the stability of three-dimensional boundary layers with application to the flow due to a rotating disk

N. Gregory, John Trevor Stuart, W. S. G. Walker · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1955 · 665 citations

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    Mujeeb R. Malik

    Science and Technology Corporation (United States), United States

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    Helen L. Reed

    Texas A&M University, United States

    26 publications · 2K citations

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    William S. Saric

    Texas A&M University, United States

    25 publications · 2.5K citations

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    Philip Hall

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Meelan M. Choudhari

    Langley Research Center, United States

    20 publications · 941 citations

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  1. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

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  2. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

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  3. Science and Technology Corporation (United States)

    Hampton, United States

    25 h-index

    62 publications

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  4. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    25 h-index

    82 publications

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  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    32 publications

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  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    45 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

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    49 publications

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  8. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

    Novosibirsk, Russia

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    256 publications · 23.9K citations

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  2. AIAA Journal

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  3. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    65 publications · 3.8K citations

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  4. Physics of Fluids

    89 publications · 3.6K citations

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  5. The Physics of Fluids

    41 publications · 1.7K citations

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