Research Initiation Award: A Study of Roughness-Induced Bypass Transistion

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Funded through a Research Initiation Award, experimental and theoretical research will be carried out on the effect of boundary roughness on the transition of boundary layer flow to turbulence. The effect of both isolated and distributed roughness elements will be explored, in two and three dimensions. The focus is on a mechanism called Bypass Transition. The occurrence and cause of turbulence in engineering flow systems is widespread and still not sufficiently understood to permit reliable engineering predictions.