| Abstract: | A self-similar solution of the Navier-Stokes equations describing steady-state axisymmetric viscous incompressible fluid flow in a half-space is investigated. The motion is induced by sources or sinks distributed over a vertical axis with a constant density. The horizontal plane bounding the fluid is a free surface. It is found that in the presence of sources a solution of the above type exists and is unique for any value of the Reynolds numberR > 0, but in the case of sinks only on the interval –2  R < 0. The results of calculating the self-similar solutions are presented. The asymptotics of the solutions are found asR  0 andR  .Novosibirsk. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 53–65, March–April, 1996. |
