ISSN:
0029-5981
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Technology
Notes:
Numerical methods are used to investigate the two-dimensional motion of a viscous incompressible fluid impulsively started past a flat plate of finite breadth at zero incidence to the uniform motion of the fluid at large distances from the plate. A step by step integration in time of Helmholtz's vorticity equation is used for Reynolds numbers 10-500.The magnetohydrodynamic case is also considered with the applied magnetic field at infinity parallel to the uniform stream and the non-conducting plate. Results for the Magnetic Reynolds number 50 and infinite, Viscous Reynolds number 50 and 0≤β≤2, where β is the ratio of the square of the Alfvén speed to the square of the main stream velocity, are presented.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620060408
