..., are analysed to demonstrate the bubble flapping process near the trailing edge (TE) and the vortex shedding phenomenon. Findings This paper provides quantitative insights about how the flapping process of the laminar separation bubble (LSB) within the boundary layer near the TE affects the aerofoil self...

.... The investigated scenario moves from attached-flow dominated conditions at small and intermediate angles of attack, with a laminar separation bubble close to the leading edge (LE), through the onset of turbulent separation at the trailing edge (TE), to the rising of stall cells in the form of mushroom-like...