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Incompressible viscous flow past a semi-infinite flat plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

J. D. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

The asymptotic solution for the incompressible viscous flow past a semi-infinite flat plate constructed by Goldstein (1956, 1960) can be valid only if the solutions of certain ordinary differential equations obey certain constraints (given in Goldstein 1956, 1960). In this paper, we construct the solutions of these equations, show that the necessary constraints are met, and hence establish the validity of the asymptotic solution up to the order considered. The manner in which undetermined constants appear in the solution are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1965 Cambridge University Press

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