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Similarity solution for a sink-flow boundary layer
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Similarity solution for a sink-flow boundary layer
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Created
2026-09-29
Updated
2026-11-05
Near
a
radial
wall
, let
x
measure
distance
from the sink along the
wall
and
y
point into the
fluid
. With
δ
=
x
Q
ν
,
η
=
δ
y
,
ψ
=
ν
Q
f
(
η
)
,
(1)
the
Prandtl boundary-layer equation
reduces to
f
′′′
=
1
−
(
f
′
)
2
,
f
(
0
)
=
f
′
(
0
)
=
0
,
f
′
(
∞
)
=
−
1.
(2)
One physical solution has
f
′
(
η
)
=
1
+
c
o
s
h
(
2
η
+
c
)
5
−
c
o
s
h
(
2
η
+
c
)
,
c
=
arcosh
5.
(3)
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