Concerning inviscid solutions for large-scale separated flows (Q1083939)

The large-scale separated eddies set up behind a bluff body at high Reynolds number are considered, for steady laminar planar flow. The main eddies are massive and are controlled predominantly by inviscid mechanics, with uniform vorticity inside. Analytical and computational solutions of the massive-eddy (vortex-sheet) problem are then described. A further possibility studied is that, even with lateral symmetry assumed, there may still be an extra degree of nonsymmetry or skewing with respect to the streamwise direction. Small-scale separations, where a Benjamin-Ono equation also possibly yielding nonsymmetric solutions can come into play, are discussed briefly.