Boundary-Layer Theory

Hermann Schlichting (1907 – 1982) was a German fluid mechanics scientist. He studied the mathematics, physics and applied mechanics at the University of Jena, Vienne and Göttingen and was promoted 1930. From 1931 to 1935 he worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Flow Research in Göttingen. After a short period at Dornier in Friedrichshafen where he was responsible for the new wind tunnel he joined the Technische Universität Braunschweig in 1937 and became professor in 1938 at the age of 30. Herman Schlichting became an Emeritus Professor in 1975. Klaus Gersten is a German mathematician, engineer and expert in fluid mechanics. He studied mathematics and physics at the Technical University Braunschweig from 1949 to 1953. In 1957 he completed his doctorate under supervision of Hermann Schlichting. He became head of the Department of Theoretical Aerodynamics and he was deputy director of the Institute of Aerodynamics of the German Research Institute for Aviation ( DFL ) in Braunschweig . After his habilitation in 1960, he was appointed in 1964 to the University of Bochum where he in the Institute of Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics until his retirement.

Part I. Fundamentals of Viscous Flows.- 1. Some Features of Viscous Flows.- 2. Fundamentals of Boundary-Layer Theory.- 3. Field Equations for Flows of Newtonian Fluids.- 4. General Properties of the Equations of Motion.- 5. Exact Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations.- Part II. Laminar Boundary Layers.- 6 Boundary-Layer Equations in Plane Flow; Plate Boundary Layer.- 7 General Properties and Exact Solutions of the Boundary-Layer Equations for Plane Flows.- 8 Approximate Methods for Solving the Boundary-Layer Equations for Steady Plane Flows.- 9 Thermal Boundary Layers Without Coupling of the Velocity Field to the Temperature Field.- 10 Thermal Boundary Layers with Coupling of the Velocity Field to the Temperature Field.- 11. Boundary-Layer Control (Suction/Blowing).- 12. Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers.- 13. Unsteady Boundary Layers.- 14. Extensions to the Prandtl Boundary-Layer Theory.- Part III. Laminar-Turbulent Transition.- 15. Onset of Turbulence (Stability Theory).- Part IV. Turbulent Boundary Layers.- 16. Fundamentals of Turbulent Flows.- 17. Internal Flows.- 18. Turbulent Boundary Layers Without Coupling of the Velocity Field to the Temperature Field.- 19. Turbulent Boundary Layers with Coupling of the Velocity Field to the Temperature Field.- 20. Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layers.- 21. Unsteady Turbulent Boundary Layers.- 22. Turbulent Free Shear Flows.- Part V. Numerical Methods in Boundary-Layer Theory.- 23. Numerical Integration of the Boundary-Layer Equations.

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"We find here a book where the theory is developed with rigours in parallel with a strong physical intuition. Comparison with experiments and simulations are always proposed and carefully analysed. The book contains at the end a very rich and complete bibliography ... I warmly encourage everyone interested in boundary-layer theory to have this book in his bookcase." Physicalia

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