ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the basic concept of boundary-layer flow and heat transfer. The text focuses on how to derive 2-D boundary-layer conservations for mass, momentum, and energy. Basic solution techniques such as boundary-layer approximations, nondimensional analysis, and the Reynolds analogy are provided. The basic theory of convective heat transfer is presented as a foundation for future chapters. Here it is necessary for the reader to understand the physical significance of the convection equations, so assumptions and solution techniques can be properly applied (as detailed in later chapters). In addition, this chapter also briefly considers mass transfer and the heat–mass transfer analogy.
