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Boundary layer theory for second order fluids. (English) Zbl 0747.76013
Summary: Two-dimensional equations of steady motion for second order fluids are expressed in a special coordinate system generated by the potential flow corresponding to an inviscid fluid. For the flow around an arbitrary object $$\phi$$ coordinates are the streamlines, $$\psi$$ coordinates are the velocity potential lines. It is clear that the equations of motion so derived and boundary conditions become in a sense independent of the body shape immersed into the flow. Using the usual boundary layer assumptions the boundary layer equations are then deduced from the equations of motion by employing a technique of matched asymptotic expansion.

##### MSC:
 76A05 Non-Newtonian fluids 76D10 Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects
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