Experimental Investigation on Global Instability and Critical Reynolds Number in Roughness-Induced Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition

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The present thesis provides an experimental confirmation of theoretically predicted flow instabilities downstream of a cylindrical roughness element in a laminar boundary layer. The experimental determination of the critical Reynolds number is of particular relevance for future applications of the threedimensional (3-D) global linear stability theory (LST). Moreover, the experiments demonstrate the significance of 3-D global LST in laminar-to-turbulent transition of a physical flow. The results of this work thus close the previous gap between theory and practical applications.

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Dominik Puckert

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Laminar-Turbulent Transition Critical Reynolds Number Fluid Mechanics

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