Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

11-19-1975

Abstract

The two dimensional stratified flow past a flat plate is investigated numerically. The coordinates are stretched with a hyperbolic tangent mapping in order to place the computational boundaries at a sufficiently large distance from the plate. The growth of a boundary layer from the back of the plate as reported by R. R. Long was confirmed numerically. The boundary layer is found to increase in thickness from the back of the plate for values of the ratio of the Reynolds number to the Richardson number up to at least 20. In addition, the upstream influence of the plate is found to decrease horizontally while spreading vertically in extent as the ratio of the Reynolds number to the Richardson number increases.

Degree Name

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Mechanical Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Charles Gilbert Richards

Second Committee Member

Roy Linton Johnson, Jr.

Third Committee Member

Maurice Wilbert Wildin

Fourth Committee Member

Karl Thomas Feldman Jr.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

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