Course | Postgraduate |
Semester | Electives |
Subject Code | AE821 |
Subject Title | Boundary Layer Theory |
Governing equations for viscous fluid flow – Heat conduction and compressibility – Exact so-lutions – Laminar boundary layer approximations – Similar and nonsimilar boundary layers –Momentum integral methods – Separation of boundary layer – Compressible boundary layerequations – Recovery factor – Reynolds analogy – Similar solutions – Stability of boundary layerflows: Transition prediction and bypass transition – Turbulent Flows: Phenomenological theories– Reynolds stress – Turbulent boundary layer – Momentum integral methods – Turbulent freeshear layer – Flow separation
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