Boundary layer flow of air past solid surfaces in the presence of rainfall (Q4528660)

The authors study a two-dimensional air flow around an airfoil in the presence of rainfall. The rain drops, falling on the wing, form a continuous film on it, flowing under the influence of the shear, pressure and gravity. With this system is coupled the gas flow arround the wing, which generates, in turn, a boundary layer whose evolution is conditioned by the system wing-liquid film. The governing equations are written under the hypothesis that the radius of curvature of the wing is larger than the boundary layer thickness. These equations are solved by an asymptotic method and by a numerical one in different cases: the flow past a flat plate, past a general solid surface with a large radius of curvature and, particularly, past a NACA-0008 profile. The paper ends with a conclusion where the authors discuss the obtained results and compare them with similar results from the literature.