Wall shear stress
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Where <math>\mu</math> is the [[Dynamic viscosity|dynamic viscosity]], <math>u</math> is the flow velocity parallell to the wall and <math>y</math> is the distance to the wall. | Where <math>\mu</math> is the [[Dynamic viscosity|dynamic viscosity]], <math>u</math> is the flow velocity parallell to the wall and <math>y</math> is the distance to the wall. | ||
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Revision as of 08:22, 22 November 2011
The wall shear stress, , is given by:
Where is the dynamic viscosity, is the flow velocity parallell to the wall and is the distance to the wall.
The SI unit of the kinematic viscosity is or .