Yih, Chia-shun, 1918-1997, authorAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, publisher2017-11-202017-11-201952https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185033CER47-52CSY29.Reprinted from the Proceedings of the First National Congress of Applied Mechanics.Includes bibliographical references.The velocity distribution in the laminar flow over a semi-infinite plate was calculated by Blasius (1908). The corresponding problem for the laminar symmetric flow over a wedge was solved by Falkner and Skan (1930), in collaboration with Hartree (1937). In the present paper, a line source of mass is considered to be situated at the leading edge of the plate or wedge, which is supposed to be nonconductive of vapor, and the resulting vapor distribution is sought. If free convection is neglected, and the velocity distribution is assumed essentially undisturbed by the variation of vapor concentration, the boundary-layer equation of diffusion for each case can be solved by certain simple substitutions and integrations, the solutions being applicable to similar problems in heat diffusion. Numerical calculations have been carried out for Blasius flow.reportsengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Laminar flowText