Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences
Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences
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ISBN: 9780078027680
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., Robert H. Turner, John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 1P
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The change of local friction coefficient with position.

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The local friction coefficient accounted to calculate the drag force at specific location. The variation in the velocity of the boundary layer in the flow direction causes the local friction coefficient to vary along the surface of the flat plate. The local friction coefficient is denoted as Cf,x.

The variation of local friction coefficient with the position for the laminar flow along the flat plate is shown in below figure.

Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, Chapter 15, Problem 1P

The local friction coefficient Cf,x decreases with downstream as the distance x increases in a laminar flow over a flat plate.

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