Equations of symmetric boundary layer for the Ladyzhenskaya model of a viscous medium in the Crocco variables (Q2278305)

In this paper authors consider the system of boundary layer equations governing a viscous medium subject to the nonlinear rheological law in the sense of Ladyzhenskaya, \[ \left\{\begin{array}{l} \nu \left(1+3d\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\right)^2\right)\frac{\partial^2u}{\partial y^2}-u\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}-v\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=U\frac{\partial U}{\partial x}\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}=0, \end{array}\right. \tag{1} \] Owing to the use of the Crocco transformation for reducing the system (1) to a single quasilinear equation, \[ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} \nu(1+3dU^2\omega^2)\omega^2\omega_{\eta\eta}-\eta U\omega_{\xi}+(\eta^2 -1)U_{\xi}\omega_{\eta}-\eta U_{\xi}\omega +6\nu dU^2\omega^{2}_{\eta}\omega^{3}=0 & \hbox{in } 0<\xi<X, 0<\eta<1\\ \omega(\xi,1)=0, \left(\nu(1+3dU^2\omega^2)\omega\omega_{\eta}-v_{0}(\xi)\omega+U_{\xi}\right)|_{\eta=0}=0 & \hbox{in } 0<\xi<X, \end{array}\right. \tag{2} \] which becomes possible to study both stationary and nonstationary boundary layers. The authors obtain asymptotic estimates for the solution. In comparison, the von Mises transformation can only handle stationary boundary conditions.