DENSITY STRATIFIED, VISCOUS FLOW PAST A FLAT PLATE

Analytical approximations of the stratified, laminar flow past a flat plate are considered. Perturbation solutions are obtained for the flow on the plate and in the far wake with a boundary-layer type of approximation and for the whole flowfield with a low Reynolds' number approximation. The boundary-layer approximate solutions show that the wall shear on the plate is increased and that the rate of decay of the velocity defect in the wake is markedly increased. In the low Reynolds' number regime, the effects of the stratification are much larger ahead of and behind the plate than on the plate itself.

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  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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• Authors:
  • Schetz, J A
  • Favin, S
  • Ehrlich, L W
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 22-28
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydronautics
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boundary layer flow; Two phase flow; Viscous flow; Wakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Stratified flow; Wake analysis
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043579
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1973 12:00AM