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Some remarks on ‘Perturbation solutions in laminar boundary theory’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Herbert Fox
Affiliation:
New York University, Bronx, New York
Shun Chen
Affiliation:
New York University, Bronx, New York

Abstract

A procedure is introduced to extend the usefulness of some perturbation solutions previously presented by Libby & Fox (1963) and Fox & Libby (1964). The perturbations are now formulated about a Blasius solution with an unknown origin. This origin, an additional degree of freedom, is selected, in the spirit of local similarity, so that it will yield a better approximation to the initial profile. With this modification the basic solution will handle a much wider class of problems successfully. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the improved accuracy and applicability of this new scheme.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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