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J. Comp. & Math. Sci. Vol.3 (4), 446-457 (2012)

Computer Extended Series Solution of Free Surface Boundary Layer Flow on a Curved Bed VISHWANATH B. AWATI1, N. M. BUJURKE2 and RAMESH B. KUDENATTI3 1

Department of Mathematics, Govt. First Grade College,K. R. Puram,Bangalore-560 036, INDIA. 2 Department of Mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580 003, INDIA. 3 Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 001, INDIA. (Received on: June 30, 2012) ABSTRACT Analysis of large-reynolds number flows on a curved bed with free surface at constant pressure is considered. The dimensionless film thickness

δ and reynolds number r based on film thickness Rδ = λ = o(1). For moderately large values of the

are related by reynolds number r, boundary-layer equations with appropriate boundary conditions hold. It is assumed that the film-thickness

parameter δ is small but that λ is not. The leading term of the series expansion is the one given by lubrication theory for the expansion of stream function in powers of λ . The boundary layer and series expansion results (for streamwise velocity, scaled velocity and varying film thickness) agree with earlier findings. Pade’ approximants have been used to accelerate the convergence of the series. Useful results valid up to as earlier findings were only up to

λ = 7 are obtained where

λ = 4.

Keywords: Large-reynolds number, free surface, boundary layer flow and curved bed.

1. INTRODUCTION The problem of high-reynolds number flows on a curved bed with a free

surface at constant pressure is considered. The major difficulty of the problems of fluid flows with a free surface is that the location of the free surface is not known in priori and

Journal of Computer and Mathematical Sciences Vol. 3, Issue 4, 31 August, 2012 Pages (422-497)


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