Boundary layers were a subtle lesson in humility. Yuan showed that near a solid surface, flow behaves differently—thin regions where velocity changes rapidly. Lina imagined wind passing a cliff: the cliff’s skin slowed the air, creating a thin sleepy layer that governed lift on a wing or the drag on a car. Tiny layers, Yuan taught, often decide big outcomes.
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: Analysis of ideal fluid flow, incompressible viscous fluids, and laminar boundary layer theory. Boundary layers were a subtle lesson in humility