ON THE NATURE OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER NEAR THE LEADING EDGE OF A FLAT PLATE WITH UNIFORM SUCTION

Abstract

In the presence of uniform suction we find a solution of Navier-Stokes equations near the leading edge of a flat plate. We find analytical expressions for the first two terms of the stream function by a process of successive approximation. In the particular case of no suction we get the expression for the stream function obtained by Carrier and Lin.