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and<br />

θ =<br />

=<br />

=<br />

� δ<br />

u<br />

0 um<br />

� δ<br />

0<br />

�<br />

y 2<br />

δ<br />

�<br />

1 − u<br />

�<br />

dy =<br />

um<br />

�<br />

2 y<br />

− 5<br />

δ<br />

y 3<br />

5<br />

−<br />

3 δ<br />

Summarizing:<br />

� y<br />

δ<br />

� 2<br />

2 + y4<br />

� δ<br />

�<br />

y<br />

+ 4<br />

δ<br />

1<br />

−<br />

δ3 5<br />

δ ∗ = δ<br />

3<br />

0<br />

�3 y5 δ4 �δ 0<br />

The momentum equation applied to the boundary layer 303<br />

�<br />

2 y<br />

δ −<br />

�<br />

y<br />

� ��<br />

2<br />

1 − 2<br />

δ<br />

y<br />

δ +<br />

�<br />

y<br />

� �<br />

2<br />

dy<br />

δ<br />

�<br />

y<br />

� �<br />

4<br />

− dy<br />

δ<br />

�<br />

= δ 1 − 5<br />

�<br />

1<br />

+ 1 − =<br />

3 5<br />

2<br />

15 δ<br />

and θ = 2<br />

15 δ<br />

so, substituting δ = 0.60 mm, δ ∗ = 0.20 mm and θ = 0.08 mm.<br />

8.4 THE MOMENTUM EQUATION APPLIED TO THE<br />

BOUNDARY LAYER<br />

The Hungarian–American engineer Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963)<br />

obtained very useful results for the flow in boundary layers by approximate<br />

mathematical methods based on the steady-flow momentum equation. As<br />

an example <strong>of</strong> his technique we shall apply the momentum equation to the<br />

steady flow in a boundary layer on a flat plate over which there may be a<br />

variation <strong>of</strong> pressure in the direction <strong>of</strong> flow.<br />

Figure 8.4 shows a small length AE (= δx) <strong>of</strong> the plate. The width <strong>of</strong><br />

the surface (perpendicular to the plane <strong>of</strong> the diagram) is assumed large<br />

so that edge effects are negligible, and the flow is assumed wholly twodimensional.<br />

The boundary layer is <strong>of</strong> thickness δ, and its outer edge is<br />

represented by BD. This line is not a streamline because with increasing<br />

distance x more fluid continually enters the boundary layer. Let C be the<br />

point on AB produced that is on the same streamline as D. No fluid <strong>of</strong><br />

course crosses the streamline CD. We may take ACDE as a suitable control<br />

volume.<br />

We suppose the (piezometric) pressure over the face AC to have the mean<br />

value p. (For simplicity we omit the asterisk from p∗ in this section.) Then<br />

over the face ED the mean pressure is p + (∂p/∂x)δx. In the following analysis<br />

we divide all terms by the width perpendicular to the diagram. The<br />

pressure distribution on the control volume produces a force (divided by<br />

width) in the x direction equal to:<br />

�<br />

pAC− p + ∂p<br />

∂x δx<br />

� �<br />

ED + p + 1 ∂p<br />

2 ∂x δx<br />

�<br />

(ED − AC) (8.3)<br />

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