Theory of self-induced separation of a turbulent boundary layer

Plane steady flow is considered in the case of an incompressible fluid in the neighborhood of the separation point of a turbulent boundary layer. It is shown that separation takes place in a region which lies at some small distance downstream from the region of interaction.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 51–60, May–June, 1987.