Two-dimensional, compressible, laminar boundary layers with zero heat transfer and a constant pressure gradient parameter are considered. Although it is well known that exact similarity is, in general, only possible when the Prandtl number is equal to unity, it is shown here that, at least for Prandtl numbers in the range from 0.5 to 2.0, a careful choice of transformation gives partial differential equations in which the streamwise derivatives are practically negligible, irrespective of Mach number. The set of ordinary differential equations which results from setting the streamwise derivatives to zero is proposed as a useful approximation for generating families of velocity and temperature profiles, for use in database methods for analysing boundary layer stability, for example.
Near-similarity approximation for compressible, laminar boundary layers on adiabatic walls
1997-05-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
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English
Near-similarity approximation for compressible, laminar boundary layers on adiabatic walls
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