Introduction to Boundary Layer Equations

• Boundary Layer Equations
• Order of Magnitude Analysis
• Boundary Layer Coordinates
• Application of Boundary Layer Theory

Blasius Flow over a flat plate

• Law of Similarity for Boundary Layer Flows
• Shooting Technique

Wall shear and boundary layer thickness

• Displacement thickness
• Momentum thickness

Momentum-Integral equations for the boundary layer

• The Separation of boundary layer

Karman-Pohlhausen approximate method for solution of momentum integral equation over a flat plate

    Integral method for non-zero pressure gradient flows

    Entry flow in a duct

    Control of boundary layer separation

Mechanisms of boundary layer transition

• Events of transition