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A note on expansions for the two-dimensional, compressible, laminar boundary layer equations near a point of zero skin friction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

G. Wilks
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Synopsis

The first non-arbitrary coefficient, α12, of the Buckmaster expansions is evaluated in the context of the extended Goldstein-Stewartson theory. Leading terms of the next order contributions to the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients are also obtained.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1983

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