BUOYANCY EFFECTS IN STABLY STRATIFIED HORIZONTAL BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW

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DANIELS, PG
GARGARO, RJ
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[1] Department of Mathematics, City University, London, EC1V OHB, Northampton Square
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10.1017/S0022112093001442
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O3 [力学];
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08 ; 0801 ;
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This paper describes numerical and asymptotic solutions of the steady two-dimensional boundary-layer equations governing buoyant flow on a horizontal, thermally insulated surface. The class of flows considered is one for which there is a uniform external stream at constant temperature but for which conditions upstream lead to a statically stable temperature field within the boundary layer. This has the effect of generating an adverse pressure gradient which, if sufficiently strong, causes the boundary-layer solution to terminate in a singularity. Results are obtained for a range of Prandtl numbers.
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