Sources of Turbulence on an Unswept Wing of a Supersonic Passenger Airplane.

The two most likely sources of disturbances capable of triggering boundary layer turbulization over a smooth unswept wing of a supersonic airplane are considered in terms of the full Navier–Stokes equations: atmospheric turbulence and acoustic noise radiated by the turbulent boundary layer over the fuselage. The frequency wave characteristics of boundary layer disturbances over the wing are analyzed and the dominant mechanism of transition is revealed. The numerical results are compared with those of linear stability theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]