Non-uniqueness in wakes and boundary layers

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1984.0001zbMath0533.76038OpenAlexW2069528570MaRDI QIDQ3316827

Frank T. Smith

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1984.0001

zbMATH Keywords

singularitiesBlasius boundary layersymmetric flowalgebraic decayreattachmenthigh Reynolds numbersnon-unique solutionsGoldstein near-wakelarge-scale separationnon-entraining shear layersnon-streamlined flowpast a bluff obstaclepressure- controlled flowspressure-free viscous symmetric closure of a predominantly slender long wakereserved flowRott- Hakkinen very-near-wakesimilarity formssteady formsstreamlined flow past a flat plate aligned with a uniform stream

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Wakes and jets (76D25)

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