A numerical method is pre sented that can resolve a compressible flow field at high Reynolds number. It is used to compute the free mixing layer of a flat plate of finite length with unequal free stream velocities above and below the plate. The computed flow field is shown to be dominated by large scale vortices which have been observed unexperiments. These results are shown to be in close agreement with experiments.
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