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The three-dimensional laminar boundary layer on a flat plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

L. Sowerby
L. Sowerby
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Mechanics, University of Bristol
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Abstract

A series expansion is derived for the three-dimensional boundary-layer flow over a flat plate, arising from a general main-stream flow over the plate. The series involved are calculated as far as terms of order ξ2, where ξ is a non-dimensional parameter defining distance measured from the leading edge of the plate. The results are applied to an example in which the main stream arises from the disturbance of a uniform stream by a circular cylinder mounted downstream from the leading edge of the plate, the axis of the cylinder being normal to the plate. Calculations are made for shear stress components on the plate, and for the deviation of direction of the limiting streamlines from those in the main stream.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 1965 , pp. 587 - 598
Copyright
© 1965 Cambridge University Press

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