A boundary layer is a thin region near a wall in which viscous (frictional) forces are

Chapter 9, Problem 9-121

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A boundary layer is a thin region near a wall in which viscous (frictional) forces are very important due to the no-slip boundary condition. The steady, incompressible, two-dimensional, boundary layer developing along a flat plate aligned with the free-stream flow is sketched in Fig. P9121. The flow upstream of the plate is uniform, but boundary layer thickness d grows with x along the plate due to viscous effects. Sketch some streamlines, both within the boundary layer and above the boundary layer. Is d(x) a streamline? (Hint: Pay particular attention to the fact that for steady, incompressible, two-dimensional flow the volume flow rate per unit width between any two streamlines is constant.)

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