%0 Journal Article %T An Iteration Method to Solve the Boundary Layer Flow past a Flat Plate %A Ken-ichi Kusukawa %A Shigeaki Suwa %A Takeo R. M. Nakagawa %J Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics %P 35-40 %@ 2327-4379 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jamp.2014.24005 %X

An iteration method similar to the thin-wing-expansion method for the compressible flow has been proposed to solve the boundary layer flow past a flat plate. Using such an iteration, the first step of which is Oseen¡¯s approximation, the boundary layer past a flat plate is studied. As proceeding from the first approximation to the second and third approximations, it is realized that our solution approaches to a well known Howarth¡¯s bench mark one gradually. Hence, it is concluded that the usefulness of the present method has been confirmed.

%K Boundary Layer Flow %K Mathematical Analysis %K Iteration Method %K Approximate Solution %K Navier-Stokes Equation %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=43724