Three-dimensional boundary-layer equations in regions with large pressure gradient

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 762-768
Author(s):  
G. M. Bam-Zelikovich
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Large Pressure ◽  
Large Pressure Gradient ◽  
Dimensional Boundary

Singularities encountered in three-dimensional boundary layers under an adverse or favourable pressure gradient

1995 ◽  
Vol 352 (1698) ◽  
pp. 45-87 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Symmetry Plane ◽  
Plane Flow ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Dimensional Boundary

Singularities in solutions of the classical boundary-layer equations are considered, numerically and analytically, in an example of steady hypersonic flow along a flat plate with three-dimensional surface roughness. First, a wide parametric study of the breakdown of symmetry-plane flow is performed for two particular cases of the surface geometry. Emphasis is put on the structural stability of the singularities’ development to local/global variation of the pressure distribution. It is found that, as usual, the solution behaviour under an adverse pressure gradient involves the Goldstein- or marginal-type singularity at a point of zero streamwise skin friction. As the main alternative, typical of configurations with favourable or zero pressure forcing, an inviscid breakdown in the middle of the flow is identified. Similarly to unsteady flows, the main features of the novel singularity include infinitely growing boundary-layer thickness and finite limiting values of the skin-friction components. Subsequent analytical extensions of the singular symmetry-plane solution then suggest two different scenarios for the global boundary-layer behaviour: one implies inviscid breakdown of the flow at some singular line, the other describes the development of a boundary-layer collision at a downstream portion of the symmetry plane. In contrast with previous studies of the collision phenomenon in steady flows, the present theory suggests logarithmic growth of boundary-layer thickness on both sides of the discontinuity. Finally, an example of numerical solution of the full three dimensional boundary layer equations is given. The flow régime chosen corresponds to inviscid breakdown of a centreplane flow under a favourable pressure gradient and development of the discontinuity/collision downstream. The numerical results near the origin of the discontinuity are found to be supportive, producing quantitative agreement with the local analytical description.

Three-Dimensional Boundary-Layer Flow About an Ablating Slender Cone

1969 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 632-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. Fannelop ◽  
P. C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Layer Flow ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Low Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Transverse Curvature ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
Layer Flow

A theoretical analysis is presented for three-dimensional laminar boundary-layer flow about slender conical vehicles including the effect of transverse surface curvature. The boundary-layer equations are solved by standard finite difference techniques. Numerical results are presented for hypersonic flow about a slender blunted cone. The influences of Reynolds number, cone angle, and mass transfer are studied for both symmetric flight and at angle-of-attack. The effects of transverse curvature are substantial at the low Reynolds numbers considered and are enhanced by blowing. The crossflow wall shear is largely unaffected by transverse curvature although the peak velocity is reduced. A simplified “channel flow” analogy is suggested for the crossflow near the wall.

On three-dimensional boundary layer flow over surface irregularities

1980 ◽  
Vol 373 (1754) ◽  
pp. 311-329 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Iterative Solution ◽  
Solution Technique ◽  
Parabolic Boundary ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Surface Irregularities ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
Layer Flow

The three-dimensional pipeflow boundary layer equations of Smith (1976) are shown to apply to certain external flow problems, and a numerical method for their solution is developed. The method is used to study flow over surface irregularities, and some three-dimensional separated flows are calculated. Upstream influence in the form of so-called ‘free interactions’ requires an iterative solution technique, in which the initial conditions for the parabolic boundary layer equations must be determined to satisfy a downstream condition

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