A Survey Of Higher Order Boundary Layer Theory

Download or read book A Survey of Higher-order Boundary-layer Theory written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of higher-order boundary-layer theory was made. The solutions to a number of cases of steady, plane or axisymmetry, laminar flows are reviewed where one or more of the higher order effects such as, displacement, longitudinal curvature, transverse curvature, and external vorticity are considered. The method of matched asymptotic expansion is offered as a technique which can be applied to such problems without having to rely upon physical insight. The more complicated compressible second-order boundary theory in contrast with the incompressible case is seen developed with minimum of error. A new field of application for higher-order boundary-layer theory is discussed. This is motion in which the basic inviscid flow is singular at the surface of the body. This situation has arisen recently in various branches of high-speed aerodynamics. (Author).