Falkner-Skan boundary layer

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Falkner-Skan boundary layer by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-11-05
A Falkner-Skan boundary layer is a similarity boundary-layer flow driven by an outer velocity proportional to a power of distance along the wall. Its streamfunction reduction gives the Falkner-Skan equation, with no-slip wall and outer-velocity matching conditions. It generalizes the Blasius flat-plate boundary layer.

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