Module 5 : Hypersonic Boundary Layer theory

Lecture 23 : Boundary layer equations

From the above equation it is very much clear that temperature gradient along Y axis has larger magnitude as compared to the temperature gradient along X axis. Moreover, we know from the momentum equation, that,   for boundary layer assumption. Therefore gradients of lower magnitude, Energy Equation can be expressed as

The mass, X-momentum, Y-momentum and energy equations for the boundary layer are respectively as follows,