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We study the free-convective boundary-layer flow that is induced when a slender circular cylinder emerges from an orifice and moves vertically downwards. We demonstrate, by numerical solution of the equations, that the boundary-layer solution develops a singularity at a finite point, where the limiting form of solution is as predicted by Kuiken [3] for an analogous two-dimensional flow.
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Riley, N. Free convection from a vertical cooling fibre. J Eng Math 26, 71–79 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043227
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