Kitchens, Clarence Wesley2014-03-142014-03-141967-08-05etd-02172010-020029http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41221Assuming a polynomial of the fourth degree to describe the velocity function, the momentum integral equation for a second-order fluid is used to develop differential equations describing the boundary-layer for second-order flow past external surfaces. Using the momentum integral equation and appropriate boundary conditions, results are tabulated for both plane and axisymmetric stagnation flows. The effect of the second-order viscosity terms on the boundary-layer parameters for problems of flow past a circular cylinder and flow past a sphere is discussed. An interesting result is found in the case of flow past a sphere; for certain values of the second-order viscosity terms, there is a reduction in the viscous drag from that of Newtonian flow.76 leavesBTDapplication/pdfIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1967.K55Boundary layerFilm coefficients (Physics)Thesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02172010-020029/