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Past exam of the theoretical mechanics course of the University of Oxford 2011 A 2 b ii Solution by
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Use autonomous third-order reduction using the dependent variable. On a monotone branch where can serve as the independent variable, the chain rule givesTherefore the reduced second-order equation isThe wall and matching conditions becomeFor the usual positive outer flow this is the limit . The reduced equation is singular at : if , then and , so has square-root behavior as a function of near the wall. A finite value for should not be imposed as an extra boundary condition.
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