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Traditionally, laminar separation bubbles have been characterised as being ‘long’ or ‘short’ on the basis of a two parameter ‘bursting’ criterion involving a pressure gradient parameter and Reynolds Number at separation. In the present work we suggest a refined bursting criterion, which takes into account not just the length of the bubble but also the maximum height of the bubble, thereby shedding some light on the less understood phenomenon of ‘bursting’ in laminar separation bubbles.
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Diwan, S., Chetan, S., Ramesh, O. (2006). ON THE BURSTING CRITERION FOR LAMINAR SEPARATION BUBBLES. In: Govindarajan, R. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4159-4_57
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