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EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerodynamicsComputational Fluid DynamicsFluid DynamicsBoundary Layer FlowBoundary LayersBoundary-layer DynamicsBoundary-layer TheoryComputational AerodynamicsFinite Difference MethodsBoundary Layer SimulationBoundary-layer EquationsFinite Difference ModelingFinite Difference SchemesNumerical Modeling Of The Boundary LayerTurbulence Closure Models
An accurate solution of the three-dimensional boundary layer equations over general configurations such as those encountered in aircraft and space shuttle design requires a very efficient, fast, and accurate numerical method with suitable turbulence models for the Reynolds stresses. The efficiency, speed, and accuracy of a three-dimensional numerical method together with the turbulence models for the Reynolds stresses are examined. The numerical method is the implicit two-point finite difference approach (Box Method) developed by Keller and applied to the boundary layer equations by Keller and Cebeci. In addition, a study of some of the problems that may arise in the solution of these equations for three-dimensional boundary layer flows over general configurations.