Validity of steady Prandtl layer expansions

Abstract

Let the viscosity for the 2D steady Navier‐Stokes equations in the region and with no slip boundary conditions at . For , we justify the validity of the steady Prandtl layer expansion for scaled Prandtl layers, including the celebrated Blasius boundary layer. Our uniform estimates in ε are achieved through a fixed‐point scheme: for solving the Navier‐Stokes equations, where are the tangential and normal velocities at , DNS stands for of the vorticity equation for the normal velocity v, and the compatibility ODE for at .