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The Optimization of Compliant Surfaces for Transition Delay

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Turbulence Management and Relaminarisation

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The optimization of the properties of a class of compliant surfaces to achieve the greatest possible delay in transition to turbulent flow is described. The methods used are based on standard linear hydrodynamic stability theory for parallel flows, suitably adapted and extended for compliant surfaces. Very substantial delays in transition are predicted for optimized surfaces having properties which can be easily realised in practice for water flows.

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  1. School of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, England

    P. W. Carpenter

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  1. California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, CA, USA

    H. W. Liepmann

  2. National Aeronautical Laboratory and Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    R. Narasimha

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Carpenter, P.W. (1988). The Optimization of Compliant Surfaces for Transition Delay. In: Liepmann, H.W., Narasimha, R. (eds) Turbulence Management and Relaminarisation. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83281-9_22

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