Laminar Boundary Layers - I

This course covers the comprehensive understanding of boundary layer flows, a crucial aspect of fluid dynamics. It starts with the basic definition of a boundary layer, its characteristics, and the conditions under which it forms. The course further explains the Navier Stokes equations and their application in deriving the equations for boundary layer flows. It introduces the concept of Reynolds number and its relation to boundary layer thickness and friction coefficient. The course also includes a special case study of flow over a flat plate. Additionally, it covers the boundary layer theory and its application in fluid dynamics, explaining how to solve the problem of flow over a flat plate using similarity transformation. The course concludes with the integral method, also known as the approximate method, used to solve the flow over a flat plate, and the concept of boundary layer flow over a wedge.