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TURBULENT SPOT
M. Gad-el-Hak
Virginia Commonwealth University

This image is a top view of a turbulent boundary layer flowing left to right on top of a viscoelastic coating. Static-divergence waves forming on the compliant coating are clearly depicted. Flood light illumination and dye traces are used to color the PVC plastisol gel.

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