Course | Undergraduate |
Semester | Electives |
Subject Code | AE480 |
Subject Title | Boundary Layer Theory |
Derivation of basic equations for viscous fluid flow, including heat conduction and compressibility – exact solutions.
Laminar boundary layer approximations – similar and non-similar boundary layers – momentum integral methods – separation of boundary layer – compressible boundary layer equations – recovery factor – Reynolds analogy – similar solutions.
Introduction to transition of laminar boundary layers.
Turbulent flows – phenomenological theories – Reynolds stress – turbulent boundary layer – momentum integral methods – turbulent free shear layer.
Introduction to axisymmetric and three-dimensional boundary layers.
Same as References
1. Schlichting, H. and Gersten, K., Boundary Layer Theory, 8th ed., McGraw-Hill (2001).
2. Batchelor, G. K., Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, 2nd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press (2000).
3. White, F. M., Viscous Fluid Flow, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill (2006).
4. Cebeci, T. and Smith, A. M. O., Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers, Academic Press (1974).
5. Gatski, T. B. and Bonnet, J.-P. Compressibility, Turbulence and High Speed Flow, 2nd ed., Academic Press (2013).