ATTEMPTS AT DERIVATION OF TRANSITION FROM LAMINAR INTO TURBULENT FLOW ALONG A FLAT PLATE.
Abstract
Research has resulted in the derivation of a numerical scheme for the solution of the complete Navier-Stokes equations for two-dimensional time-dimensional time-independent viscous incompressible flow, as applied to the problem of the development of turbulence in the laminar boundary layer on a flat plate. The basic equations are reduced to a single quasi-linear vorticity-transport equation plus a Poisson equation; these are then written in finite-difference form. The solution of the difference system comprises a semi-implicit scheme for the quasi-linear equation together with an extrapolated line-Liebmann iteration method for the linear Poisson analog. Solutions for the two cases investigated (very low amplitude linear and very high amplitude nonlinear) are presented and discussed. The numerical scheme is demonstrated to be stable and capable of generating solutions which exhibit major theoretical and/or experimentally-observable features for each of the two cases. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0257566
Entities
People
- D. F. Desanto
- H. F. Ludloff
Organizations
- New York University