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Deplacement effect of the laminar boundary layer and the pressure drag
Henry Görtler
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Abstract
The displacement effect of the boundary layer on the outer frictionless flow is discussed for both steady and unsteady flows. The analysis is restricted to cases in which the potential flow pressure distribution remains valid for the boundary-layer calculation. Formulas are given for the dependence of the pressure drag, friction drag, and total drag of circular cylinders on the time from the start of motion for cases in which the velocity varies as a power of the time. Formulas for the locations and for the time for the appearance of the separation point are given for two dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape.
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