IUTAM Symposium on One Hundred Years of Boundary Layer Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Classification, Definition and Mathematics of Boundary Layers

   1. Prandtl's Boundary Layer Concept and the Work in Göttingen

      • G. E. A. Meier

      Pages 1-18

   2. The Full Lifespan of the Boundary-Layer and Mixing-Length Concepts

      • Philippe R. Spalart

      Pages 19-28

   3. Rational Basis of the Interactive Boundary Layer Theory

      • J. Cousteix, J. Mauss

      Pages 29-38

   4. Symmetry Methods in Turbulent Boundary Layer Theory

      • M. Oberlack, G. Khujadze

      Pages 39-48

   5. Viscous/Inviscid Interaction Procedures for Compressible Aerodynamic Flow Simulations

      • Mohamed Hafez, Essam Wahba

      Pages 49-58

3. Instability of Boundary Layers and Transition

   1. The Application of Optimal Control to Boundary Layer Flow

      • D. S. Henningson, A. Hanifi

      Pages 59-71

   2. Leading-Edge Boundary Layer Flow (Prandtl's Vision, Current Developments and Future Perspectives)

      • V. Theofilis, A. V. Fedorov, S. S. Collis

      Pages 73-82

   3. Application of Transient Growth Theory to Bypass Transition

      • Eli Reshotko, Anatoli Tumin

      Pages 83-93

   4. Routes of Boundary-Layer Transition

      • Yury S. Kachanov

      Pages 95-104

   5. Instabilities in Boundary-Layer Flows and their Role in Engineering

      • J. D. Crouch

      Pages 105-114

   6. In-Flight Investigations of Tollmien-Schlichting Waves

      • Arne Seitz, K.-H. Horstmann

      Pages 115-124

   7. The Influence of Roughness on Boundary Layer Stability

      • M. Gaster

      Pages 125-134

   8. Boundary-Layer Instability in Transonic Range of Velocities, with Emphasis on Upstream Advancing Wave Packets

      • Oleg S. Ryzhov, E. V. Bogdanova-Ryzhova

      Pages 135-144

   9. Laminar-Turbulent-Laminar Transition Cycles

      • Roddam Narasimha

      Pages 145-154

4. Boundary Layers Control

   1. A Century of Active Control of Boundary Layer Separation: A Personal View

      • Israel J. Wygnanski

      Pages 155-165

   2. Boundary Layer Separation Control by Manipulation of Shear Layer Reattachment

      • P. R. Viswanath

      Pages 167-176

   3. Stability, Transition, and Control of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers on Swept Wings

      • William Saric, Helen Reed

      Pages 177-188

   4. Transition to Turbulence in 3-D Boundary Layers on a Rotating Disk (Triad Resonance)

      • Thomas C. Corke, Eric H. Matlis

      Pages 189-198

   5. Control and Identification of Turbulent Boundary Layer Separation

      • Avi Seifert, LaTunia Pack Melton

      Pages 199-208

Prandtl’s famous lecture with the title “Über Flüssigkeitsbewegung bei sehr kleiner Reibung” was presented on August 12, 1904 at the Third Internationalen Mathematischen Kongress in Heidelberg, Germany. This lecture invented the phrase “Boundary Layer” (Grenzschicht). The paper was written during Prandtl’s first academic position at the University of Hanover. The reception of the academic world to this remarkable paper was at first lukewarm. But Felix Klein, the famous mathematician in Göttingen, immediately realized the importance of Prandtl’s idea and offered him an academic position in Göttingen. There Prandtl became the founder of modern aerodynamics. He was a professor of applied mechanics at the Göttingen University from 1904 until his death on August 15, 1953. In 1925 he became Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fluid Mechanics. He developed many further ideas in aerodynamics, such as flow separation, base drag and airfoil theory, especially the law of the wall for turbulent boundary layers and the instability of boundary layers en route to turbulence. During the fifty years that Prandtl was in the Göttingen Research Center, he made important contributions to gas dynamics, especially supersonic flow theory. All experimental techniques and measurement techniques of fluid mechanics attracted his strong interest. Very early he contributed much to the development of wind tunnels and other aerodynamic facilities. He invented the soap-film analogy for the torsion of noncircular material sections; even in the fields of meteorology, aeroelasticity, tribology and plasticity his basic ideas are still in use.

• Analysis
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• computer-aided design (CAD)
• development
• friction
• layers
• modeling
• modelling
• resonance
• simulation
• stability

From the reviews:

"The authors of the papers in this volume are leading contributors to the field and provide a mix of large-scale computation, theory, and experiment. In keeping with the commemorative nature of the meeting, several papers provide useful and interesting historical perspectives on developments related to the boundary layer. … Clearly, this volume provides a valuable report on the current status of one of the most important concepts in fluid mechanics." (Paul A. Libby, AIAA Journal, Vol. 45 (9), 2007)

• Institut für Strömungsmaschinen, Universität Hannover und DLR–Institut fürAerodynamik und Strömungstechnik, Germany

  G. E. A. Meier

• International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy

  K. R. Sreenivasan

• DLR, Germany

  H.-J. Heinemann

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