Laminar Viscous Flow past a Finite Flat Plate at High Reynolds Numbers

Abstract

The laminar viscous flow past a finite flat plate set parallel to a uniform stream is studied by solving the Navier-Stokes equations numerically in the neighborhood of the trailing edge of the plate, under the condition that the solution should be matched to the Blasius solution upstream. The value of the skin friction on the plate at any high Reynolds number can be found by use of the numerical table made on the basis of the present solution.