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David January 29, 2007 14:13

Wall shear stress
 
Hi;

Im curious, when calculating the friction velocity with the equation

Utau=(tau wall/density)^0.5

Should i add the wall shear stress for the top and bottom walls in my domain or just use the value for one of the walls. I am running turbulent channel flow.

Thanks

David


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