Special Course on Progress in Transition Modelling [Progrês dans la Modélisation de la Transition]

Lecture notes for the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel (FDP) Special Course on 'Progress in Transition Modelling' have been assembled in this Report. The aim and scope of this Course was to provide information on new developments in modelling the dynamics of transition to turbulence, and the prediction of transition in boundary-layer flows. Specifically, topics and methods covered include: a physical description of boundary-layer transition, linear theory, asymptotic techniques, parabolized stability equations, direct numerical simulations, empirical methods and closure of the Reynolds' averaged Navier-Stokes equations.

The material assembled in this report was prepared and presented under the combined sponsorship of the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel, and the von Karman Institute (VKI) for Fluid Dynamics.