Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 49P
Air at standard conditions flows over a flat plate. The free-stream speed is 30 ft/s. Find δ and τw at x = 3 ft from the leading edge assuming (a) completely laminar flow (assume a parabolic velocity profile) and (b) completely turbulent flow (assume a17 -power velocity profile).
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