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Dr. Sanghamitra Kundu
Civil Engineering Department
BITS Pilani
INTRODUCTION
BOUNDARY LAYER
The idea of the boundary layer dates back at least to the time
of Prandtl (1904, see the article: Ludwig Prandtls boundary
layer, Physics Today, 2005, 58, no.12, 42-48).
BOUNDARY LAYER
Consider the flow over a flat plate as shown, the boundary layer is laminar for
a short distance downstream from the leading edge; transition occurs over a
region of the plate rather than at a single line across the plate.
Velocity distribution
boundary
layer
thickness
shear
Why is shear maximum at the leading edge of
the plate? du
dy
is maximum
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