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Tollmien-Schlichting wave: a standalone construct

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Fluid mechanics

small streamwise travelling wave that grows in a laminar boundary layer and starts the classical path to turbulent transition.

In fluid mechanics, Tollmien-Schlichting wave refers to small streamwise travelling wave that grows in a laminar boundary layer and starts the classical path to turbulent transition. This meaning comes from Schubauer (1947) in Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences.[1]

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References

Schubauer, G. B., & Skramstad, H. K. (1947). Laminar Boundary-Layer Oscillations and Stability of Laminar Flow. Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, 14(2), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.2514/8.1267

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