Numerical solutions for unsteady laminar boundary layers behind blast waves

1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 681 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Liu ◽  
H. Mirels
1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Harpole ◽  
S. A. Berger ◽  
J. Aroesty

The integral method of Thwaites, for computing the primary parameters of laminar boundary layers with constant fluid properties, is extended to heated boundary layers in water, taking into account variable fluid properties. Universal parameters are correlated from numerical solutions of heated water wedge flows for use with the integral method. The method shows good accuracy in a test with the Howarth retarded flow. The Lighthill high Prandtl number approximation is extended to permit computation of the Nusselt number for boundary layers with variable fluid properties. Nusselt numbers computed for the Howarth flow are close to the exact numerical solutions, except near separation.


1987 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 469-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. Gittler ◽  
A. Kluwick

Using the method of matched asymptotic expansions, the interaction between axisymmetric laminar boundary layers and supersonic external flows is investigated in the limit of large Reynolds numbers. Numerical solutions to the interaction equations are presented for flare angles α that are moderately large. If α > 0 the boundary layer separates upstream of the corner and the formation of a plateau structure similar to the two-dimensional case is observed. In contrast to the case of planar flow, however, separation can occur also if α < 0, owing to the axisymmetric effect of overexpansion and recompression. The separation point then is located downstream of the corner and, most remarkable, a hysteresis phenomenon is observed.


1962 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Terrill

SummaryCurie and Skan have modified the approximate methods of Thwaites and Stratford to predict separation properties of laminar boundary layers for flow over an impermeable surface. The work of Curie and Skan has been extended by Curle to include the estimation of laminar skin friction for the whole flow. The purpose of the following note is to compare the approximate methods of Curie and Skan and Curle with the numerical results given by the author for flow past a circular cylinder. It is found that there is remarkable agreement between these approximate methods and the exact numerical solutions. This indicates that these methods can be used widely, both on account of their simplicity and their accuracy.


2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1105-1111
Author(s):  
Ro'ee Z. Orland ◽  
David Katoshevski ◽  
D. M. Broday

1954 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. G. Wieghardt

SummaryA simple one parametric method, due to A. Walz and based on the momentum and energy equations, for calculating approximately laminar boundary layers is extended to cover axi-symmetric flow as well as plane flow. The necessary computing work is reduced a little.Another known method which requires still less computing work is also extended for axi-symmetric flow and, with the amendment of a numerical constant, proves adequate for practical purposes.


New solutions are presented for non-stationary boundary layers induced by planar, cylindrical and spherical Chapman-Jouguet (C-J) detonation waves. The numerical results show that the Prandtl number ( Pr ) has a very significant influence on the boundary-layer-flow structure. A comparison with available time-dependent heat-transfer measurements in a planar geometry in a 2H 2 + O 2 mixture shows much better agreement with the present analysis than has been obtained previously by others. This lends confidence to the new results on boundary layers induced by cylindrical and spherical detonation waves. Only the spherical-flow analysis is given here in detail for brevity.


1997 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
pp. 379-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO L. GARCÍA-YBARRA ◽  
JOSE L. CASTILLO

The concentration distribution of massive dilute species (e.g. aerosols, heavy vapours, etc.) carried in a gas stream in non-isothermal boundary layers is studied in the large-Schmidt-number limit, Sc[Gt ]1, including the cross-mass-transport by thermal diffusion (Ludwig–Soret effect). In self-similar laminar boundary layers, the mass fraction distribution of the dilute species is governed by a second-order ordinary differential equation whose solution becomes a singular perturbation problem when Sc[Gt ]1. Depending on the sign of the temperature gradient, the solutions exhibit different qualitative behaviour. First, when the thermal diffusion transport is directed toward the wall, the boundary layer can be divided into two separated regions: an outer region characterized by the cooperation of advection and thermal diffusion and an inner region in the vicinity of the wall, where Brownian diffusion accommodates the mass fraction to the value required by the boundary condition at the wall. Secondly, when the thermal diffusion transport is directed away from the wall, thus competing with the advective transport, both effects balance each other at some intermediate value of the similarity variable and a thin intermediate diffusive layer separating two outer regions should be considered around this location. The character of the outer solutions changes sharply across this thin layer, which corresponds to a second-order regular turning point of the differential mass transport equation. In the outer zone from the inner layer down to the wall, exponentially small terms must be considered to account for the diffusive leakage of the massive species. In the inner zone, the equation is solved in terms of the Whittaker function and the whole mass fraction distribution is determined by matching with the outer solutions. The distinguished limit of Brownian diffusion with a weak thermal diffusion is also analysed and shown to match the two cases mentioned above.


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