Boundary Layers, Separation, and Drag

This section covers lectures 21-23.

Readings

Textbooks

Reading in: Panton, Ronald L. Incompressible Flow. 4th ed. Wiley, 2013. ISBN: 9781118013434. [Preview with Google Books]

• Chapter 20: Boundary Layers
  • 20.1: Blasius Flow ever a Flat Plate
  • 20.2: Displacement Thickness
  • 20.3: Von Kármán Momentum Integral
  • 20.4: Von Kármán-Pohlhausen Approximate Method
  • 20.5: Falkner-Skan Similarity Solutions
  • 20.6: Arbitrary Two-Dimensional Lay: Crank-Nicolson Difference Method

Reading in: Kundu, Pijush K., and Ira M. Cohen. Fluid Mechanics. 6th ed. Academic Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780124059351.

• Chapter 9: Boundary Layers and Related Topics
  • 9.1: Introduction
  • 9.2: Boundary-Layer Thickness Definitions
  • 9.3: Boundary-Layer on a Flat Plate: Blasius Solution
  • 9.4: Falkner-Skan Similarity Solutions of the Laminar Boundary-Layer Equations
  • 9.5: Von Karman Momentum Integral Equation
  • 9.7: Transition, Pressure Gradients, and Boundary-Layer Separation
  • 9.8: Flow Past a Circular Cylinder; Low Reynolds Numbers; Moderate Reynolds Numbers; High Reynolds Numbers

Additional Reading

• Anderson Jr., John D. "Ludwig Prandtl's Boundary Layer." (PDF) Physics Today 58, no. 12 (2005): 42–48.

Class Notes

• The Generalized Boundary Layer Equations (PDF)

Video Seen During Class

• Fundamentals-Boundary Layers Video and Film Notes (PDF - 1.4MB)

Assignment

Problem Set 12