Boundary-layer theory stagnation point flow

Boundary-layer theory finds wide application in analyses of flame stabilization. The simplest configuration is the stagnation-point boundary layer, studies of which provide information concerning stabilization of a flame ahead of a bluff body placed in the flow some analyses and ideas... 

Hydrodynamic theory shows that the thickness, 8, of the boundary layer is not constant but increases with increasing distance y from the flow s stagnation point at the surface (Fig. 4.4) it also depends on the flow velocity ... 

Predictions for Round Wires. Similar computations were carried out for diffusion through the boundary layer around a round wire, assuming that the gas velocity just outside the boundary layer (U) was given by potential flow theory U 2V sin 0, where V is the velocity in the undisturbed gas upstream of the wire, and 9 is the angle relative to the forward stagnation point. 

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