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<TITLE>
the pressure gradient induced by shear flow past a
flat plate .
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<AUTHOR>
glauert,m.b.
</AUTHOR>
<BIBLIO>
j. ae. scs. 1962, 540.
</BIBLIO>
<TEXT>
  article is a continuation of an earlier note on papers by li
on a semiinfinite plate in a uniform shear flow .  li had deduced
from the form of his equations that stream vorticity caused an induced
pressure gradient in the flow .  later papers by li and murray
(amr 15(1962), rev. 7157) support the induced pressure gradient
theory .  the author notes, however, that the mathematics used
by li and murray are not acceptable and the problem thus not resolved
.  the present note sets up simple models of complete flows
examinable by elementary means .  author holds that analyses
demonstrate conclusively that no pressure gradient is induced in
the boundary layer on a flat plate in a limited region of shear flow .
he notes that the original question in the case of unbounded shear
remains obscure--and anyway an unlimited shear layer is not of
great practical importance .
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