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A Simplified Form of the Auxiliary Equation for Use in the Calculation of Turbulent Boundary Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

T. J. Black*
Affiliation:
Cambridge University Engineering Department

Extract

A New type of auxiliary equation is given for calculating the development of the form-parameter H in turbulent boundary layers with adverse pressure gradients. The chief advantage of this new method lies in the rapidity and ease of calculation which has been achieved, without apparent sacrifice of accuracy.

Whereas the growth of momentum thickness in the turbulent boundary layer can now be rapidly calculated by methods involving only simple quadrature, the prediction of the form parameter development remains a laborious task, while the results obtained do not always appear to justify the complexity of the calculations.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1958

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