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Boundary Layer Behavior

Boundary Layer Behavior is a fluid dynamics phenomenon characterized by the variation in velocity, pressure, and viscous effects within the thin layer of air adjacent to a wing's surface, distinguishing it from the inviscid flow field by its direct influence on aerodynamic drag, flow separation, and transition from laminar to turbulent states.

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The structure of turbulent boundary layers

S. J. Kline, W. C. Reynolds, F.A. Schraub et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1967 · 3K citations

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Boundary-layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet

Waqar A. Khan, Ioan Pop · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer · 2010 · 2.4K citations

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Boundary‐layer behavior on continuous solid surfaces: I. Boundary‐layer equations for two‐dimensional and axisymmetric flow

Byron C. Sakiadis · AIChE Journal · 1961 · 2.3K citations

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Boundary‐layer behavior on continuous solid surfaces: II. The boundary layer on a continuous flat surface

Byron C. Sakiadis · AIChE Journal · 1961 · 1.8K citations

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Boundary layer flow of a nanofluid past a stretching sheet with a convective boundary condition

Oluwole Daniel Makinde, Abdul Aziz · International Journal of Thermal Sciences · 2011 · 1.2K citations

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    Ioan Pop

    Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania

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    Dan S. Henningson

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    11 publications · 521 citations

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    F. T. Smith

    University College London, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 532 citations

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    Tuncer Cebeci

    California State University, Long Beach, United States

    9 publications · 305 citations

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    K. Stewartson

    University College London, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 436 citations

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  1. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

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  2. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

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  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    57 publications

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  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

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  6. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    14 h-index

    40 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

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    22 publications

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  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

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  3. Physics of Fluids

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