STAGNATION POINT FLOW OF A VARIABLE PROPERTY FLUID AT LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS

Abstract

Steady, viscous, two-dimensional and axially symmetric stagnation-point flows of a gas are considered for the case when the Reynolds number is too low for the applicability of the classical boundary-layer theory. It is assumed that the low-density gas is still a continuous fluid, permitting the use of the Navier-Stokes and as associated equations as the basis of the problem. The effects of low Reynolds number are determined by applying an expansion procedure to the fluid dynamical equations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0404488

Entities

People

  • Michael Lenard

Organizations

  • Cornell University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Flight Speeds
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Inviscid Flow
  • Mean Free Path
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Two Dimensional
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.