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A differential equation in fluid mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

N. S. Clarke
N. S. Clarke
Affiliation:
The Department of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, Australia.
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In this paper, solutions of the ordinary non-linear differential equation

are considered. This equation arises in the theory of both axisymmetric and two-dimensional viscous jets falling under gravity. In (1.1), y represents the first approximation to the velocity along the axis of symmetry, and x is a measure of the distance along this axis. Accordingly one of the conditions that the solution must satisfy is, that it cannot have a singularity at a finite value of x. The other condition to be imposed is that y must vanish at x = 0. For a derivation of this equation the reader is referred to Brown [1] or Clarke [2].

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , June 1966 , pp. 51 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1966

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References

1. Brown, D. R., “A study of the behaviour of a thin sheet of moving liquid”, J. Fluid Mech., 10 (1961), 297.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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