Wetting front instability creates a shallow induction zone from which fingers emerge that rapidly transport water and solutes downwards. How the induction zone affects finger location and spacing is unknown. In the moist subsoil, fingers may well dissipate because the finger tips no longer have to overcome the water entry value. Both flow regions were investigated in a two-dimensional chamber w...

We examine the effects of three basic but effective control strategies, namely uniform blowing, suction, and body-force damping, on intense Reynolds-stress events in turbulent boundary layer (TBL) developing suction side a NACA4412 airfoil. This flow is subjected to non-uniform adverse pressure gradient (APG), which substantially modifies its turbulence statistics with respect zero-pressure-gra...