Exact Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equation
Unsteady Parallel Flows (Plate Suddenly Set in Motion)
Consider that special case of a viscous fluid near a wall that is
set suddenly in motion as shown in Figure 1. The unsteady Navier-Stokes reduces to
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(1)
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Figure 1. Schematics of flow near a wall suddenly set in motion.
The boundary conditions are:
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The corresponding initial condition for the fluid that starts from rest is given as
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