Skin friction coefficient
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The skin friction coefficient, , is defined by:
Where is the local wall shear stress, is the fluid density and is the free-stream velocity (usually taken ouside of the boundary layer or at the inlet).
For a turbulent boundary layer several approximation formulas for the local skin friction can be used:
1/7 power law:
1/7 power law with experimental calibration (equation 21.12 in [1]):
(equation 21.12 in [1])
Schlichting (equation 21.16 footnote in [1])
Schultz-Grunov (equation 21.19a in [1]):
References
- Schlichting, Hermann (1979), Boundary Layer Theory, ISBN 0-07-055334-3, 7th Edition.
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