title: Imaging the transient boundary layer on a free rotating disc.
abstract: This report presents a visual study of the transition process of the laminar boundary layer (BL) in a turbulent BL on a free rotating disc. The imaging is based on an experimental investigation that aimed to analyze the structure of the BL by relating it to the ratio between turbulent energy and vortex energy, the critical and the transient Reynolds numbers (Re), the vortex numbers and their dependence on Re, and on the distance from the rotating disc.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia. branimir.matijasevic@fsb.hr
authors.forename: Branimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matijasević
authors.forename: Zvonimir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guzović
authors.forename: Vinko
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martinis
mesh_terms: D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011312:Pressure; D012399:Rotation