Turbulent wakes swept across a flat plate boundary layer simulate the phenomenon of wake-induced bypass transition. Benchmark data from a direct numerical simulation of this process are presented and compared to Reynolds-averaged predictions. The data are phase-averaged skin friction and mean velocities. The predictions and data are found to agree in many important respects. One discrepancy is a failure to reproduce the skin friction overshoot following transition. [S0889-504X(00)00503-1]

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