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On a Convergent Multi-Moment Method for the Laminar Boundary Layer Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

Howard E. Bethel
Howard E. Bethel*
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
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This paper presents a summary of a multi-moment method for solving the laminar boundary layer equations. Results obtained with the method tend to converge to the exact values as higher moments are used. Both similar and non-similar external flow fields are considered. The present results are compared with those obtained by another multi-moment method, a finite-difference method and a refined Pohlhausen-type method.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 1967, pp. 332 - 353
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1967

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Captain, USAF; Research Engineer, Hypersonic Research Laboratory, Aerospace Research Laboratories.

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