Air at free-stream velocity of 9 m/s flows over a thin flat plate of length 3 m and width 1.5 m. A laminar boundary layer develops from the leading edge of the flat plate. At Re. = 500 000, the boundary layer becomes a turbulent boundary layer where x is the distance from the leading edge. Pair = 1.2 kg/m², µair = 1.8 x 10° kg/m.s (a) Estimate the length of the laminar boundary layer. (b) Estimate the drag force due the laminar boundary layer on one side of the flat plate. (c) Estimate the boundary layer thickness and wall shear stress at x = 2.5 m.

Air at free-stream velocity of 9 m/s flows over a thin flat plate of length 3 m and width 1.5 m. A laminar boundary layer develops from the leading edge of the flat plate. At Re. = 500 000, the boundary layer becomes a turbulent boundary layer where x is the distance from the leading edge. Pair = 1.2 kg/m², µair = 1.8 x 10° kg/m.s (a) Estimate the length of the laminar boundary layer. (b) Estimate the drag force due the laminar boundary layer on one side of the flat plate. (c) Estimate the boundary layer thickness and wall shear stress at x = 2.5 m.

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