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1. Solve the Blasius equation numerically using a chosen method and describe the boundary value problem and numerical approach. 2. Iteratively determine an appropriate value for the upper boundary and solve for velocity profile variables in a table. 3. For air flow of 5 m/s, plot displacement thickness versus downstream distance and Reynolds number and make a velocity vector plot. 4. Calculate additional boundary layer variables and compare results to lecture values. 5. Present all results and descriptions in a publishable paper format.

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HW 2

1. Solve the Blasius equation numerically using a chosen method and describe the boundary value problem and numerical approach. 2. Iteratively determine an appropriate value for the upper boundary and solve for velocity profile variables in a table. 3. For air flow of 5 m/s, plot displacement thickness versus downstream distance and Reynolds number and make a velocity vector plot. 4. Calculate additional boundary layer variables and compare results to lecture values. 5. Present all results and descriptions in a publishable paper format.

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ME 531001

Fluid Dynamics I: Homework #2

Fall 2010

1. Solve the Blasius equation using a numerical method of your choice. (State what method you are using, and where you obtained the code, or access to it. A possibility is the Fortran code available on the course website. Your total problem grade will be increased by 25% if you write your own code to solve this problem.) Provide a heuristicnot detailed numerical analyticstepwise description of your approach by rst stating the complete boundary-value problem and its boundary conditions, and then presenting the analytical manipulations required to enter the problem into the numerical method you have chosen. 2. Iteratively (by trial and error) determine an appropriate value for max . Describe the rationale underlying your approach to this. Then perform calculations with this max for = 0.05, and make a table showing f , f and f as functions of . (You may shorten your table by including data only for = 0.1.) 3. Suppose the uid is air at standard sea-level conditions, and U = 5 m/s. Calculate, and make plots of (x) vs x and (x) vs Rex for x (0, 1]. Make a vector plot of the physical velocity eld (u(x, y), v(x, y)) for (x, y) [0, 1][0, 5] with spatial coordinates in meters. Give formulas for all plotted quantities. Note: the vector plots can be made with MatLab, TecPlot (available to all engineering students), or with FieldView (accessible by all users of the DLX supercomputer cluster operated by the UK Computing Center). 4. Now calculate displacement thickness, , and momentum thickness, , as functions of (x) using your computed values of f . Similarly determine 99 . Discuss the comparison of your computed results with those given in lecture. (Note: except for 99 , nding the required quantities requires numerical quadrature (integration). You may use MatLab, or whatever else you desireincluding writing your own programbut in any case, indicate how your results were computed.) 5. Present your results in the form of a publishable paper, including citation of references, appropriate tables, and well-labeled gures.

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