ON THE AXISYMMETRIC VORTEX FLOW OVER A FLAT SURFACE.

Abstract

The viscous interaction of a potential vortex with a stationary surface is investigated. The breakdown of the self-similar solutions near the critical Reynolds number N sub c approx. = 5.51 is indicated by an instability in the lower boundary layer. A new slow-motion approximation resolves the Stokes and Whitehead paradoxes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676195

Entities

People

  • Ernst W. Schwiderski

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Instability
  • Layers
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stationary

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.