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Group Analysis of the Boundary Layer Equations in the Models of Polymer Solutions Full article

Journal Symmetry
ISSN: 2073-8994
Output data Year: 2020, Volume: 12, Number: 7, Pages: 1084-2004 Pages count : 20 DOI: 10.3390/sym12071084
Tags Admitted lie group; Boundary layer equations; Invariant solution; Symmetry
Authors Meleshko Sergey V. 1 , Pukhnachev Vladislav V. 2,3
Affiliations
1 Suranaree University of Technology
2 Lavrentev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
3 Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

Abstract: The famous Toms effect (1948) consists of a substantial increase of the critical Reynolds number when a small amount of soluble polymer is introduced into water. The most noticeable influence of polymer additives is manifested in the boundary layer near solid surfaces. The task includes the ratio of two characteristic length scales, one of which is the Prandtl scale, and the other is defined as the square root of the normalized coefficient of relaxation viscosity (Frolovskaya and Pukhnachev, 2018) and does not depend on the characteristics of the motion. In the limit case, when the ratio of these two scales tends to zero, the equations of the boundary layer are exactly integrated. One of the goals of the present paper is group analysis of the boundary layer equations in two mathematical models of the flow of aqueous polymer solutions: the second grade fluid (Rivlin and Ericksen, 1955) and the Pavlovskii model (1971). The equations of the plane non-stationary boundary layer in the Pavlovskii model are studied in more details. The equations contain an arbitrary function depending on the longitudinal coordinate and time. This function sets the pressure gradient of the external flow. The problem of group classification with respect to this function is analyzed. All functions for which there is an extension of the kernels of admitted Lie groups are found. Among the invariant solutions of the new model of the boundary layer, a special place is taken by the solution of the stationary problem of flow around a rectilinear plate.
Cite: Meleshko S.V. , Pukhnachev V.V.
Group Analysis of the Boundary Layer Equations in the Models of Polymer Solutions
Symmetry. 2020. V.12. N7. P.1084-2004. DOI: 10.3390/sym12071084 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: May 26, 2020
Accepted: Jun 11, 2020
Published print: Jul 1, 2020
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Web of science: WOS:000557718800001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85088402473
Elibrary: 45419754
OpenAlex: W3031299265
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