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Use when you must predict the laminar-turbulent transition location on a two-dimensional body from its edge-velocity distribution: grow the laminar boundary layer with the Thwaites integral relation to obtain the boundary-layer momentum deficit at each station, build the local Reynolds numbers from the edge velocity and that deficit, evaluate the Michel transition criterion against them, and interpolate the first station where the criterion is crossed to give the transition location. Produces the Reynolds-number history along the body, the Michel criterion margin at each station, and the transition location that gates a natural-transition estimate for an airfoil or body. Trigger: boundary-layer-transition, transition-location, thwaites-integral, michel-criterion, natural-transition, edge-velocity distribution, laminar-turbulent transition, airfoil transition onset.
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# Boundary Layer Transition (aerodynamics/boundary-layer/boundary-layer-transition) Use when you must predict where the laminar boundary layer turns turbulent on a two-dimensional body from its edge-velocity distribution. This leaf implements the standard integral estimate: grow the laminar layer with the Thwaites relation to get the momentum thickness theta at each station, then apply the Michel empirical criterion on the local Reynolds numbers to locate the natural transition point. The logic is pure Python, stdlib only, and covers a clean two-dimensional surface (no roughness, sweep or suction inputs and no Tollmien-Schlichting wave-growth integration; the Michel criterion replaces an eN envelope). It pairs with aerodynamics/boundary-layer/boundary-layer-theory, which owns the flat-plate thickness and skin-friction correlations on either side of the transition. ## Domain quick reference - Edge-velocity Reynolds number: Re_x = Ue(x) * x / nu with Ue the inviscid edge velocity and nu the kinematic viscosity (SI units throughout, m, m/s, m2/s). - Thwaites integral relation for the laminar momentum thickness: theta(x)^2 = THWAITES_C * nu / Ue(x)^6 * integral_0^x Ue(xi)^5 d(xi) with THWAITES_C = 0.45. The integral is evaluated cumulatively with the trapezoid rule over the supplied stations; the segment from the leading edge (x = 0) to the first station keeps Ue at its first-station value, which makes the constant-velocity flat plate exact. - Momentum-th