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Development of a laminar boundary layer under conditions of continuous incipient separation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

N. Curle
N. Curle
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Department of Applied Mathematics, University of St Andrews
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This paper, extending the work of Stratford [6] considers a boundary layer with uniform pressure when x < x0, and with the pressure in x > x0 so chosen that the layer is just on the point of separation for all x >x0. The required pressure distribution is shown to be

The displacement and momentum thicknesses are also derived as series in powers of ξ (and log ξ), and the shape parameter H then obtained as a similar series. The continuous change in H from the Blasius value (when ξ = 0) towards the Falkner-Skan [3] separation value is convincingly demonstrated, with the aid of the leading terms of an asymptomatic expansion for large ξ.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , 1976 , pp. 55 - 66
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1976

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