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Experimental and theoretical investigation of the stability of air flow over a water surface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2006
Abstract
An experimental investigation of the instability of a laminar air flow over water shows two distinct modes of unstable oscillations as predicted by theory. The Tollmien–Schlichting waves instability could be excited by a ribbon vibrating in the air, and the neutral stability curve determined. The water wave instability mode could be excited by a ribbon vibrating in the water. The growth rates of these waves show only fair agreement with theoretical predictions.
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