Skin friction coefficient
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The skin friction coefficient, 
, is defined by:
Where 
is the local wall shear stress, 
is the fluid density and 
is the free-stream velocity (usually taken ouside of the boundary layer or at the inlet).
For a turbulent boundary layer several approximation formulas for the local skin friction for a flat plate can be used:
1/7 power law:
1/7 power law with experimental calibration (equation 21.12 in [1]):
Schlichting (equation 21.16 footnote in [1])
![C_f = [ 2 \, log_{10}(Re_x) - 0.65 ] ^{-2.3} \quad \mbox{for} \quad Re_x < 10^9](/W/images/math/c/a/4/ca4dc895c55260e9f9244eb0465141c8.png)
Schultz-Grunov (equation 21.19a in [1]):
![C_f = 0.370 \, [ log_{10}(Re_x) ]^{-2.584}](/W/images/math/3/4/4/34492727370cbb6fa12a571f65a1388a.png)
(equation 38 in [2]):
References
- Schlichting, Hermann (1979), Boundary Layer Theory, ISBN 0-07-055334-3, 7th Edition.
- von Karman, Theodore (1934), Turbulence and Skin Friction, J. of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 1, No 1, 1934, pp. 1-20.
To do
Someone should add more data about total skin friction approximations, Prandtl-Schlichting skin-friction formula, and the Karman-Schoenherr equation.
