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Entropy 2006, 8[1], 25-30 25 Entropy ISSN 1099-4300 /entropy/ Unsteady Volumetric Entropy Generation Rate in Laminar Boundary Layers E. J. Walsh D. Hernon Stokes Research Institute, Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Limerick Ireland. Email: edmond.walsh@ul.ie Received: 26 August 2005 / Accepted: 3 February 2006 / Published: 6 February 2006 Abstract: The prediction of the entropy generation rate in laminar shear layers is treated as steady, even in the presence of high levels of free stream turbulence. Here we highlight the deficiencies of this approach by quantifying the magnitude of entropy generation rate fluctuations in the laminar boundary layer subjected to free stream turbulence. We find fluctuation levels in excess of 100% in the near wall region, thereby indicating the need to account for the unsteadiness in laminar boundary layers subjected to free stream turbulence. Keywords: Laminar flow, Unsteady entropy generation, Dissipation coefficient. Introduction Entropy generation rates in the laminar boundary layer are modelled as steady even in the presence of high levels of free stream turbulence. The most common approach to laminar boundary layer entropy generation prediction is to implement the correlation of Truckenbrodt [1,2] in approximate solutions and to solve the laminar boundary layer equations numerically in computational codes. Neither method considers the effects of free stream turbulence and hence makes the assumptio