Abstract
Laminar-turbulent transition remains a critical issue in a number of cases, including drag reduction, performance prediction of high-lift systems, improved accuracy in general computational fluid dynamics, and reduction of computation cycles for development of optimization tools. Transition delay remains one of the most promising technologies for reducing air transport energy consumption, through natural or hybrid laminar flow control. The use of linear stability theory, either local or nonlocal, remains rather demanding in terms of knowledge and user interaction. Hence, a demand exists for simplified, robust, and accurate transition prediction tools to be inserted into general flow solvers, of boundary-layer or Reynolds-averaged Navier―Stokes types. The problem can be solved by developing transition criteria or database methods. In this last case, characteristics of an actual flow are derived from known solutions of model flows. ONERA, the French Aerospace Laboratory, has long been involved in the development of such methods, and the present paper aims at providing a comprehensive view of the tools developed in the second category, applicable from low-speed two-dimensional to transonic three-dimensional flows, and even to three-dimensional supersonic flows.
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