Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology · 1948 · 90 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsAerodynamicsFluid DynamicsTransport PhenomenaBoundary ConditionsBoundary Layer FlowBoundary LayersBoundary-layer TheoryLaminar FlowLow-reynolds-number FlowBlasius Boundary LayerBoundary Layer BehaviorBoundary Layer ConditionsBoundary-layer EquationsBoundary-layer TransitionLaminar Boundary LayersReynolds NumberSteady Flow
THE greatly increased transition Reynolds numbers now attained in the boundary layers of cylinders having favourably shaped sections have renewed interest in the solution of the equations of steady flow in a thin boundary layer. It is familiar that the scries solutions of Blasius and Hiemenz, improved by Howarth (ref. 1), and of Falkner (ref. 2) become severely restricted in range when applied to cylinders having other than bluff sections. But it appears that a series solution of substantially greater range is possible, at least for symmetrical flow, provided that the nose of the section is rounded. This problem forms the subject of Section I of the present paper.