Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Word to the Instructor
- 1 Basic Concepts and Fluid Properties
- 2 The Fluid Dynamic Equation
- 3 Fluid Statics
- 4 Introduction to Fluid in Motion – One-Dimensional (Frictionless) Flow
- 5 Viscous Incompressible Flow: Exact Solutions
- 6 Dimensional Analysis and High-Reynolds-Number Flows
- 7 The (Laminar) Boundary Layer
- 8 High-Reynolds-Number Flow over Bodies (Incompressible)
- 9 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
- 10 Elements of Inviscid Compressible Flow
- 11 Fluid Machinery
- Appendix A Conversion Factors
- Appendix B Properties of Compressible Isentropic Flow
- Appendix C Properties of Normal Shock Flow
- Index
7 - The (Laminar) Boundary Layer
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Word to the Instructor
- 1 Basic Concepts and Fluid Properties
- 2 The Fluid Dynamic Equation
- 3 Fluid Statics
- 4 Introduction to Fluid in Motion – One-Dimensional (Frictionless) Flow
- 5 Viscous Incompressible Flow: Exact Solutions
- 6 Dimensional Analysis and High-Reynolds-Number Flows
- 7 The (Laminar) Boundary Layer
- 8 High-Reynolds-Number Flow over Bodies (Incompressible)
- 9 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
- 10 Elements of Inviscid Compressible Flow
- 11 Fluid Machinery
- Appendix A Conversion Factors
- Appendix B Properties of Compressible Isentropic Flow
- Appendix C Properties of Normal Shock Flow
- Index
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- Introductory Fluid Mechanics , pp. 227 - 253Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010