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Advanced Fluid
M ech anics 7. Bl as i us S ol ut i on f or Lam i nar
Boundary Layer
Chapter 7
assumptions:
flat plate
zero-pressure gradient
∂p
=0
∂x
Navier-Stokes equations for boundary layer
∂U x ∂U y
+ =0 (7.1a)
∂x ∂y
1 ∂p ∂ 2U x ∂ 2U x
+ ν
∂U x ∂U x
2
Ux +U y =− + (7.1b)
∂x ∂y ρ ∂x ∂x 2
∂y
∂ 2U y ∂ 2U y
+ν
∂U y ∂U y 1 ∂p
ρ ∂y ∂x ∂y
Ux +U y =− + (7.1c)
∂x ∂y 2 2
Prandtl’s equations
∂U x ∂U y
+ =0 ( 7. 2 a )
∂x ∂y
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Advanced Fluid
M ech anics 7. Bl as i us S ol ut i on f or Lam i nar
Boundary Layer
∂U x ∂U x ∂ 2U x
Ux +U y =ν (7.2b)
∂x ∂y ∂y 2
∂p
=0 (7.2c)
∂y
3 boundary conditions are needed:
no-slip conditions at the surface
U x = U y = 0 at y=0 (7.3a )
1 νU
1/ 2
Uy = ∞ (ηf '− f )
2 x
( 7. 9)
displacement thickness
νx
δ * = 1.721 (7.13)
U∞
momentum-loss thickness
νx
θ = 0.664 (7.14)
U∞
and relate them to boundary layer thickness
1
δ* ≅ δ (7.15a )
3
2
θ≅ δ (7.15b)
15
Shear stress on the surface
∂U x
τ 0 = µ
U∞
= µU ∞ f'
'( 0) (7.16)
∂y y =0 νx
F = b ∫τ 0 dx = 0.664bU ∞ U ∞ µρL
L
(7.17)
0
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Advanced Fluid
M ech anics 7. Bl as i us S ol ut i on f or Lam i nar
Boundary Layer
coefficient of friction
F 1.328
cf = = (7.18)
1 Re
ρU ∞2 (bL )
2