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A note on the separation of slow viscous flow near a sharp edge

Part of: Incompressible viscous fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

S. H. Smith
S. H. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A1, Canada
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Abstract

A particular solution to the biharmonic equation is described which represents a slow viscous flow near a sharp edge. It shows separation streamlines which are tangential to the plate at the edge, when the dominant behaviour there is a combination of the flow around the edge (which provides zero vorticity on the plate) plus a simple linear shear.

MSC classification

Secondary: 76D07: Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , December 1997 , pp. 239 - 244
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1997

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