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Tutorial Sheet 7

1. Using the Blassius solution, show that at every point on the edge of a flat plate
boundary layer, the slope of the local streamline is smaller than the slope of the
local tangent to the curve describing the edge of the boundary layer.
2. The exact equation describing the evolution of ω following a fluid particle in a
viscous, constant density flow field is

Dω 1
= (ω · ∇) V + ν∇2 ω. (1)
Dt ρ
(This can be derived taking the curl of the V equation. However, this derivation is
not a part of our course syllabus.)
(a) Show that for a 2C, 2D velocity field, this equation leads to only one non-trivial
scalar equation, which is
 2
∂ ω3 ∂ 2 ω3

Dω3 2
= ν∇ ω3 = ν + . (2)
Dt ∂x21 ∂x22

(b) Using arguments based on orders-of-magnitude of various quantities, as appli-


cable inside a flat plate boundary layer at Re1 >> 1, show that

Dω3 ∂ 2 ω3
≈ν . (3)
Dt ∂x22
0
(c) Further, using the relationship f = V1 /Vo , show that
3/2
∂ 2 ω3

Vo 0000
2
≈ −Vo f (4)
∂x2 νx1
where all derivates of f are with respect to η.
3. Use Blassius
qsolution to show that (i) the shear stress at wall at a given x1 station
Vo
is 0.332µVo νx 1
, and (ii) net viscous drag per unit depth on a plate of length L is
√1.328 . Does the flat plate experience any pressure force exerted by the fluid on
Vo L/ν
it? What is the net pressure drag per unit depth exerted by the fluid on the plate
of length L?
4. An approximate curve fit through the experimentally measured pressure values on
the surface of a cylinder which has a thick separated boundary layer is (see plots
on the next page):
n
psurf ace = p0 + 12 ρV02 1 − 23 sin4 α − e−2α/π + 1 ; if 0 ≤ α ≤ π, ,


1
where α = π − θ. The pressure distribution is symmetric about the horizontal
mid-plane. Show
 that the net pressure drag force on the cylinder (per unit depth)
3ρV02 R( 12 +1)
is non-zero. ans. 4
e
+π
π

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