Contents 



Preface '^ 



Ralph D. Cooper 

 Introductory Address 1 



Courtland D. Perkins 

 Introductory Address 3 



Robert K. Geiger 

 Introductory Address 5 



Myron V. Ricketts 



SESSION I: BOUNDARY LAYER STABILITY AND TRANSITION 



Stability and Transition Investigations Using the 



Navier-Stokes Equations 9 



Hermann F. Fasel 

 The Physical Processes Causing Breakdown to Turbulence 22 



M. Gaster 

 The Instability of Oscillatory Boundary Layers 25 



Christian von Kerczek 

 Heated Boundary Layers 33 



Eli Reshotko 

 Discussion ^^ 



SESSION II: BOUNDARY LAYER STABILITY AND TRANSITION 



Nonparallel Stability of Two-Dimensional Heated Boundary 



Layer Flows 53 



N. M. El-Hady and A. H. Nay f eh 



Three-Dimensional Effects in Boundary Layer Stability 63 



Leslie M. Mack 



