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Nomenclature

Abbreviations

Abbreviation Meaning
BL Boundary layer
NS Navier-Stokes
FS Falkner-Skan
FSC Falkner-Skan-Cooke

Coordinates and Velocity

Symbol Description
\(x\) Streamwise coordinate
\(y\) Wall-normal coordinate
\(z\) Crossflow (spanwise) coordinate (3D only)
\(u\) Streamwise velocity component
\(v\) Wall-normal velocity component
\(w\) Crossflow velocity component

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties

Symbol Description
\(\rho\) Density
\(p\) Pressure
\(T\) Temperature
\(\mu\) Dynamic viscosity
\(k\) Thermal conductivity
\(c_p\) Specific heat at constant pressure
\(R\) Specific gas constant
\(\gamma\) Ratio of specific heats (\(= c_p/c_v\))
\(\mathrm{Pr}\) Prandtl number (\(= \mu c_p / k\))

Similarity Variables

Symbol Description
\(\eta\) Similarity (wall-normal) coordinate
\(f\) Streamwise stream function (\(f' = u/u_e\))
\(f'\) Streamwise velocity ratio \(u/u_e\)
\(f''\) Streamwise velocity gradient
\(g_{cf}\) Crossflow velocity ratio \(w/w_e\)
\(g_{cf}'\) Crossflow velocity gradient
\(\tau\) Normalised temperature \(T/T_e\)
\(\tau'\) Normalised temperature gradient
\(N\) Chapman-Rubesin parameter (\(= \rho\mu/\rho_e\mu_e\))

Flow Parameters

Symbol Description
\(M_e\) Edge Mach number
\(\Lambda\) Sweep angle
\(m\) Wedge / power-law exponent (\(u_e \propto x^m\))
\(\beta\) Hartree pressure-gradient parameter (\(= 2m/(m+1)\))
\(S\) Stagnation enthalpy parameter (\(= 1 + \tfrac{\gamma-1}{2}M_e^2\cos^2\!\Lambda\))
\(K\) Crossflow recovery factor (\(= (1 + \tfrac{\gamma-1}{2}M_e^2)/S\))
\(r\) Adiabatic recovery factor (\(\approx \mathrm{Pr}^{1/2}\) for laminar flow)
\(T_{ad}\) Adiabatic wall temperature
\(T_0\) Stagnation temperature

Subscripts

Subscript Meaning
\(e\) Boundary layer edge (outer inviscid flow)
\(w\) Wall
\(0\) Stagnation (total) condition
\(\infty\) Freestream condition