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What is meant by boundary layer? Why does it increase with distance from the upstream edge?
written 6.0 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 69k modified 3.1 years ago by gravatar for pedsangini276 pedsangini276 • 4.8k

(5 Marks) Dec-2018

Subject Fluid Mechanics 2

Topic Boundary layer theory

Difficulty Medium
fluid mechanics
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written 6.0 years ago by gravatar for tarashankarsharma tarashankarsharma • 550 modified 6.0 years ago by gravatar for yashbeer yashbeer ★ 11k

Boundary layer

  • In fluid mechanics, thin layer of a flowing gas or liquid in contact with a surface such as that of an airplane wing or of the inside of a pipe. The fluid in the boundary layer is subjected to shearing forces.
  • A range of velocities exists across the …

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