Paper 1, Section II, B

Fluid Dynamics II
Part II, 2011

The steady two-dimensional boundary-layer equations for flow primarily in the xx direction are

ρ(uux+vuy)=dPdx+μ2uy2ux+vy=0\begin{gathered} \rho\left(u \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+v \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\right)=-\frac{d P}{d x}+\mu \frac{\partial^{2} u}{\partial y^{2}} \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}=0 \end{gathered}

A thin, steady, two-dimensional jet emerges from a point at the origin and flows along the xx-axis in a fluid at rest far from the xx-axis. Show that the momentum flux

F=ρu2dyF=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \rho u^{2} d y

is independent of position xx along the jet. Deduce that the thickness δ(x)\delta(x) of the jet increases along the jet as x2/3x^{2 / 3}, while the centre-line velocity U(x)U(x) decreases as x1/3x^{-1 / 3}.

A similarity solution for the jet is sought with a streamfunction ψ\psi of the form

ψ(x,y)=U(x)δ(x)f(η) with η=y/δ(x).\psi(x, y)=U(x) \delta(x) f(\eta) \quad \text { with } \quad \eta=y / \delta(x) .

Derive the nonlinear third-order non-dimensional differential equation governing ff, and write down the boundary and normalisation conditions which must be applied.