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Use when you must predict boundary layer separation: grow the laminar layer with the Thwaites integral along the edge-velocity distribution of a two-dimensional body, flag the first station where the thwaites lambda parameter crosses minus 0.09 to give the laminar separation point, and apply the Stratford pressure-recovery criterion to the pressure-coefficient distribution to estimate the turbulent separation station and the separation margin below the 0.35 threshold. Produces the laminar separation station or none, the turbulent separation station or none, and the margin that gates airfoil and inlet-duct design checks. Trigger: boundary-layer-separation, thwaites-lambda-criterion, stratford-separation-criterion, laminar separation point, turbulent separation station, separation margin, adverse pressure gradient, pressure recovery, edge-velocity distribution.
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# Boundary Layer Separation (aerodynamics/boundary-layer/boundary-layer-separation) Use when you must predict the boundary layer separation location on a two-dimensional body from its edge-velocity or pressure distribution. This leaf grows the laminar layer with the Thwaites integral relation along the edge-velocity traverse and flags the first station where the Thwaites lambda parameter crosses -0.09, the classical laminar separation criterion, and evaluates the Stratford-style pressure recovery criterion to estimate the turbulent separation station and the margin below the 0.35 threshold. Pure Python, stdlib only. It pairs with boundary-layer/boundary-layer-transition, whose Thwaites traverse ends at the natural-transition onset estimated by the Michel rule rather than running to separation, and with boundary-layer/boundary-layer-theory for flat-plate thickness and skin-friction context on the attached side of the flow. ## Domain quick reference - Thwaites integral for the momentum thickness on the laminar side: theta^2 = 0.45 * nu / U^6 * integral_0^x U^5 dx, integrated by the trapezoid rule over the edge-velocity stations (THWAITES_C = 0.45). The traverse starts with theta = 0 at the first station with U > 0; a stagnation head with U = 0 is skipped, which removes the U^6 singularity at the stagnation point. - Thwaites pressure-gradient parameter: lambda = theta^2 / nu * dU/dx, with dU/dx by central differences (forward at the first station, backward at th