Fluid Dynamics

An invitation to fluid dynamics from the oceans

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The last few weeks, I have been engrossed with the oceans and navigation in their vast expanse. It all started with a couple of movies I watched. The first movie “Kon-Tiki” beautifully portrays the 1947 expedition by Norwegian explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl across the south pacific, from Peru to polynesia. The remarkable thing was that … Read more An invitation to fluid dynamics from the oceans

Numerical Solution of the Falkner – Skan Equation

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Falkner – Skan equation is a third order non-linear ordinary differential equation which arises in the laminar boundary layer flow past wedge-like objects. (More details here). The equation reads, where m is a constant representing the pressure gradient parameter. Our objective is to solve this differential equation for , for a given value of m … Read more Numerical Solution of the Falkner – Skan Equation