Advanced Boundary Layer Theory
Catalog Description: ME532 Boundary Layer Theory (3,0)3
Some features of viscous flow, Fundamentals of Boundary Layer Theory, Boundary
Layer Concept, Laminar Boundary Layers, Boundary Layer equation in Plane Flow,
Plate Boundary Layer, Boundary Layer Control, Laminar-Turbulent Transition,
Turbulent Boundary Layer.
Text-Book: Boundary layer Theory, H. Schlichting, K. Gersten, m8th Revised and Enlarged
Edition, 2003.
References: 1. Introduction to Fluid mechanics, 4th edition, Robert W. Fox, Alan T.
McDonald
2. Mechanics of Fluids, 3rd edition, Merle C. Potter, David C. Wiggert
3. Fundamentals oof Fluid Mechanics, Munson, Young, Okiishi, 5th edition,
John Wiley and Sons.
Topics
1. Some Features of Viscous Flows................................................... weeks
1.1 Real and Ideal Fluids
1.2 Viscosity
1.3 Reynolds Number
1.4 Laminar and Turbulent Flows
1.5 Asymptotic Behaviour at Large Reynolds Numbers
2. Fundamentals of Boundary-Layer Theory........ weeks
2.1 Boundary-Layer Concept
2.2 Laminar Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate at Zero Incidence
2.3 Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate at Zero Incidence
2.4 Fully Developed Turbulent Flow in a Pipe
2.5 Boundary Layer on an Airfoil
2.6 Separation of the Boundary Layer
3. Laminar Boundary Layers...................... weeks
3.1 Boundary-Layer Equations in Plane Flow;
Plate Boundary Layer
3.2 Setting up the Boundary-Layer Equations
3.3 Wall Friction, Separation and Displacement
3.4 Dimensional Representation of the Boundary Layer Equations
3.5 Friction Drag
3.6 Plate Boundary Layer
4. Boundary layer Control....................................... weeks
4.1 Different Kinds of Boundary-Layer Control
4.2 Continuous Suction and Blowing
5. Laminar-Turbulent Transition............................... weeks
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5.1 Stability Theory
6. Turbulent Boundary Layer..................................... weeks
6.1 Fundamentals of Turbulent Flows
6.2 Internal Flows
Grading Policy:
Homework
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Final Exam
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Minimum Attendance required
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Prepared by Assist. Prof. Dr. Ing. Hüseyin Çamur
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