ABSTRACT
This chapter examines a number of problems in which a fluid stream moves relative to a body. The majority of convection problems encountered in flow past immersed bodies will involve turbulent flow. The analysis of such problems would require a simultaneous solution to the continuity, momentum, and energy equations. The chapter also examines flow past a number of geometries that contain a curved surface. The majority of convection problems encountered in flow past immersed bodies will involve turbulent flow. Because of the complex nature of turbulent flow, it is not possible to solve the boundary-layer equations to obtain an exact solution for flow over a flat plate. In a number of real applications, flow is turbulent over a large portion of the plate, so the laminar contribution is negligible. In the turbulent case, the flow experiences transition from laminar to turbulent within the boundary layer before separation occurs.
