Nonuniqueness in wakes and boundary layers

Instreamlined flow past a flat plate aligned with a uniform stream, it is shown that the Goldstein near wake and the Blasius boundary layer are nonunique solutions locally for the classical boundary layer equations, whereas the Rott-Hakkien very near wake appears to be unique. Concerning non-streamlined flow, new similarity forms are described for the pressure free vicous symmetric closure of a predominantly slender long wake beyond a large-scale separation. Features arising include nonuniqueness, singularities and algebraic behavior, consistent with non-entraining shear layers with algebraic decay. Nonuniqueness also seems possible in reattachment onto a solid surface and for nonsymmetric or pressure controlled flows including the wake of a symmetric cascade.