%A Li Cun-Biao (李存标) %T Breakdown of the chain of ring vortices in a transitional boundary layer %0 Journal Article %D 2003 %J Chin. Phys. B %R 10.1088/1009-1963/12/12/016 %P 1429-1434 %V 12 %N 12 %U {https://cpb.iphy.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_107211.shtml} %8 2005-03-16 %X A large number of experiments have been devoted to the study of the generation and development of the high-frequency structures, i.e. the chain of ring-like vortices and breakdown of the chain of ring-like vortices, to the investigation of their relevance to laminar-turbulent transition in a boundary layer flow; however, the origins of turbulence via the process of flow randomization are still not well understood. For this reason a detailed experiment was performed to document the important shape and configuration of the late-stage transitional structures and to investigate some of the still insufficiently understood mechanisms of flow randomization.