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On the impulsive motion of a flat plate in a viscous fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Naoyuki Tokuda
Naoyuki Tokuda
Affiliation:
Lockheed Georgia Research Laboratory, Marietta, Georgia
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Abstract

The unsteady laminar boundary-layer flow induced by the impulsive motion of a semi-infinite flat plate along its length is investigated. It is found that, unlike Stewartson's (1951, 1960) conclusion, a power-series solution is possible using the ‘correctly stretched’ variables in the analysis. The small-time solution, which is developed in powers of the time, shows a smooth transition from the initial Rayleigh flow to the final Blasius flow without an essential singularity and, furthermore, its validity extends to the whole time domain. The series solution developed for large times, however, seems divergent and merely asymptotic. No evidence is found for the existence of an essential singularity in the solution as described by Stewartson.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , 23 September 1968 , pp. 657 - 672
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© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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