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Computing laminar boundary layers with the von Mises equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. D. Mills  and
M. Z. Abedin
R. D. Mills
Affiliation:
Computing Science Department, Glasgow University
M. Z. Abedin
Affiliation:
Computing Science Department, Glasgow University
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There is much current interest in numerical methods of solution of the laminar boundary-layer equations. Methods used to date may generally be classified as

  • (i) explicit finite-difference methods (e.g. Refs. 1, 2, 3);

  • (ii) implicit finite-difference methods (e.g. Refs. 4, 5, 6, 7);

  • (iii) difference-differential methods (e.g. Ref. 8).

A method based on converting the boundary-layer problem into an integral equation and solving the latter by iteration has been developed by one of the present authors.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 78 , Issue 766 , October 1974 , pp. 476 - 479
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1974 

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