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Numerical investigation of two-dimensional turbulent boundary-layer compressible flow with adverse pressure gradient and heat and mass transfer. (English) Zbl 0987.76037
From the summary: We study numerically the effect of heat and mass transfer on steady turbulent compressible boundary-layer flow with adverse pressure gradient. The Reynolds-averaged boundary-layer equations and their boundary conditions are transformed in a suitable form for numerical solution by using the compressible version of Falkner-Skan transformation, and the resulting coupled and nonlinear system of partial differential equations is solved using a modified Keller’s box method. Numerical calculations are carried out for the case of air, at free stream temperature of $$300^\circ\text{K}$$, and for a linearly retarded flow, known as Howarth’s flow, when the porous limiting surface is adiabatic, heated or cooled.

MSC:
 76F40 Turbulent boundary layers 76M20 Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics 80A20 Heat and mass transfer, heat flow (MSC2010)
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