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Approximate Calculations of the Incompressible Laminar Boundary Layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

M. R. Head  and
N. Hayasi
M. R. Head
Affiliation:
Lockheed-Georgia Aerospace Sciences Laboratory
N. Hayasi
Affiliation:
Lockheed-Georgia Aerospace Sciences Laboratory
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Summary

A recent calculation method proposed by Curle has been applied to the flow U=U0ξe-ξ for which a computer solution exists. An earlier approximate method due to Head, presented here in a simplified form, has been applied to the same problem. All three solutions are found to be in close agreement. A further problem, already examined by Curle, is treated by Head’s method. Again the results are in good agreement with each other and with an exact solution obtained subsequently.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , August 1967 , pp. 259 - 272
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1967

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