Laminar Viscous Flow past a Semi-Infinite Flat Plate

Abstract

The laminar viscous flow past a semi-infinite flat plate set parallel to a uniform stream is studied by solving the Navier-Stokes equations numerically. The bounday-layer- and Stokes-type successive approximations give the following expansions of the local skin-friction coefficient C_f:
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where the constants a, b and C are to be determined, and R_x is the Reynolds number based on the distance measured along the flat plate from the leading edge. From the present numerical results, the constants a, b and C are estimated as follows: a=0.374, b=0.022, C=0.3.