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Skin friction coefficient

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The skin friction coefficient, C_f, is defined by:

C_f \equiv \frac{\tau_w}{\frac{1}{2} \, \rho \, U_\infty^2}

Where \tau_w is the local wall shear stress, \rho is the fluid density and U_\infty is the free-stream velocity (usually taken ouside of the boundary layer or at the inlet).


It is related to the momentum thickness as follows: C_f = 2(d theta)/ (d x)


Someone should add some correlations and references for them here


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