Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 ii Paper 4 37A iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The thin-layer condition isIntegrate the differential equation once: . Since , its integration constant is zero. A second integration gives . The outward-jet solution with and isUsing the given fourth-power integral in the normalization gives , so . Thus the similarity profile of an axisymmetric radial viscous free jet isIt is symmetric, outward, decays in , and has exactly the conserved flux . It describes the region beyond the small injection slit where the stated boundary-layer approximation applies; its formal singularity is outside that approximation.