| Abstract: | The Kármán momentum equation and very simple scaling arguments relating to the profiles of the turbulent tangential stresses are used to construct a self-similar reverse flow of an incompressible fluid that, depending on the values of the empirical constants occurring in it, can be realized either behind the separation point of a turbulent boundary layer or in front of its point of reattachment. The empirical constants are determined by means of several independent experimental studies on turbulent separating flows of liquids and gases at subsonic and supersonic velocities.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. A, pp. 173–177, July–August, 1988. |
