When you finish reading this chapter, you
should be able to:
■ Appreciate why approximations
are necessary to solve many
fluid flow problems, and
know when and where such
approximations are appropriate
■ Understand the effects of the
lack of inertial terms in the
creeping flow approximation,
including the disappearance
of density from the equations
■ Understand superposition as
a method of solving potential
flow problems
■ Predict boundary layer
thickness and other
boundary layer properties
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