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Approximate Solution of the “Inverse Problem” of Boundary Layer Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

P. Bradshaw
P. Bradshaw*
Affiliation:
Aerodynamics Division, National Physical Laboratory
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Existing approximate formulae for the thickness of laminar and turbulent boundary layers are used to derive a method of calculating the free-stream velocity distribution corresponding to a given variation of shape parameter.

Thwaites has given the formula

for the momentum thickness of a laminar boundary layer with free-stream velocity u (x). This is the integral form of the empirical equation

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Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 64 , Issue 592 , April 1960 , pp. 225 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1960

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