Asymptotic structure incorporating double and triple decks, original version

Abstract

The stagnation point flow toward a rotating disk of finite radius is known to develop -- near the edge of the disk -- into a triple deck structure when the flow is strictly a stagnation point flow, and into a double deck structure when the flow is strictly a rotating disk flow. It is shown here that the transfer from one structure to another is singular; requiring matching of two main decks. The double deck structure is, in essence, a triple deck structure with collapsing upper deck.