Velocity Slip and Temperature Jump Boundary

Conditions
Chunpei Cai

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

Gerardo Lara-Rodriguez

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

I. Development of Slip Boundary Conditions Theory
A. Derivation of the Blasius Similarity Solution.
Flow over a at plate can be one of the simplest cases. Once we assume
dp
dx
= 0 and 2-D ow, the conservation
of momentum in x direction and the conservation of mass become:
u
u
x
+ v
u
y
=

2
u
y
2
(1)
u
x
+
v
y
= 0 (2)
The simplication of this problem can be obtained if we assume u and v as:
u = UF() (3)
v =

U
x
G() (4)
Where:
=
y

x
U
(5)

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, P.O.Box 30001/Dept.3450; previously CFD
specialist for ZONA Technology Inc., AIAA Senior Member. E-mail: ccai@nmsu.edu.

Master Student of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, E-mail: ger-
alara@nmsu.edu.
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Using the chain rule:

x
=

x
(y

U
x
) =
1
2
y

U
x
1
x
=

2x
(6)

y
=

y
(y

U
x
) =

U
x
(7)
Also:
u
x
=

x
(UF()) = U
F

x
=
U
2x
F

(8)
u
y
=

y
(UF()) = U
F

y
= U

U
x
F

(9)
v
y
=

y
(

U
x
G()) =

U
x
G

y
=
U
x
G

(10)
1. Conservation of Mass:
The conservation of mass can be expressed as follows:
u
x
+
v
y
= 0 (11)
Using the expressions above, the later expression is transformed to:

2
F

+
G

= 0 (12)
This expression will require to dene the function F in order to solve for G. Let us assume that F is by
denition the streamline, then:
F =
f

(13)
Where:
f = streamfunction (14)
Then:

dG
d
d =

2
d
2
f
d
2
d (15)
G =

2
df
d

1
2
df
d
d + C (16)
The constant obtained during the integration can be assumed to be zero since it will only aect the magnitude
of the stream function. Finally:
G =
1
2
(
df
d
f) (17)
Until this point, G and F are both functions of f, also there has not been made any substitution of slip
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boundary conditions, so the slip condition have not inuenced the deduction of the similarity solution.
2. Conservation of Momentum
u
u
x
+ v
u
y
=

2
u
y
2
(18)
After substitution:
UF(
U
2x
F

) +

U
x
G()U

U
x
F

= U
U
X

2
F

2
(19)
We obtain the ODE:
G
dF
d

F
2
dF
d
=
d
2
F
d
2
(20)
Finally, replacing F and G:
d
3
f
d
3
+
f
2
d
2
f
d
2
= 0 (21)
II. Conclusion
So far, the similarity solution used by Martin
1
only use the assumption that the ow can be described by
equations (1) and (2) This mean that the equation (21) can be used for slightly rareed gas ow, however a
Maxwell slip condition is required.
References
1
Martin M.J. and Boyd, I.D. , Momentum and Heat Transfer Laminar Boundary Layer with Slip Flow Journal of
Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, Dec. 2006, pp. 710-719.
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