Stanley A. Berger: Laminar Wakes

A comprehensive survey of the present state of knowledge on laminar wakes, emphasizing recent supersonic and hypersonic wake research from their theoretical and analytical aspects. Much of the interest on high-speed wakes was stimulated by re-entry problems, and, although certain difficulties remain, a sufficient understanding of the basic physical mechanisms makes possible this review of existing information on the subject.
Included in the volume are discussions of low- and high-speed, compressible and incompressible, slender and blunt body wakes. Linking these topics is the assumption that the flows, for the most part, occur in large free-stream Reynolds numbers, and that therefore the boundary layers present are thin. The book contains an extensive list of references.
No previous familiarity with wake flows is required for comprehension; some knowledge of compressible and viscous flow theory is sufficient.