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The laminar boundary-layer equation: a method of solution by means of an automatic computer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. C. F. Leigh
D. C. F. Leigh
Affiliation:
University Mathematical Laboratory*Cambridge
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Abstract

A method, very suitable for use with an automatic computer, of solving the Hartree-Womersley approximation to the incompressible boundary-layer equation is developed. It is based on an iterative process and the Choleski method of solving a simultaneous set of linear algebraic equations. The programming of this method for an automatic computer is discussed. Tables of a solution of the boundary-layer equation in a region upstream of the separation point are given. In the upstream neighbourhood of separation this solution is compared with Goldstein's asymptotic solution and the agreement is good.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , April 1955 , pp. 320 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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