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Boundary Layer Thickness

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Pa s

Turbulent thickness

0.0243 m

24.3 mm at x = 1.50 m

Local Reynolds number

6,162,661

based on freestream and plate station

Average Cf comparison

0.00053 / 0.00325

laminar / turbulent flat-plate estimate

Flat-plate growth at the selected station

Re_x 6,162,661

Laminar and turbulent correlations give different boundary-layer thickness and skin-friction limits.

δ Turbulentδ LaminarLeading EdgeSame Downstream Station

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