On the Lagrangian description of unsteady boundary-layer separation. Part 1. General theory

DOI10.1017/S0022112090001410zbMath0686.76021OpenAlexW1984418013MaRDI QIDQ4205183

Stephen J. Cowley, L. L. van Dommelen

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112090001410

zbMATH Keywords

momentum equationLagrangian approachlaminar boundary layershyperbolic continuity equationUnsteady separation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30)

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