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On the propagation of disturbances in a laminar boundary layer. I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

S. N. Brown  and
K. Stewartson
S. N. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College, London, W.C. 1
K. Stewartson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University College, London, W.C. 1
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An analysis is made of the response of a laminar boundary layer to a perturbation, either in the mainstream, or of the boundary conditions at the wall. The disturbance propagates with the mainstream velocity, and the manner in which it decays at large distances downstream is determined by eigensolutions of the boundary-layer equations. The elucidation of the structure of these eigensolutions requires division of the boundary layer into three regions. Comparison of the asymptotic formula obtained for the displacement thickness is made with the numerical results of Ackerberg and Phillips (1).

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , May 1973 , pp. 493 - 503
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1973

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