2- Oil with a free stream velocity of 2 m/s flows over a thin plate 2m wide and 2m long. Calculate the boundary layer thickness and the shear stress at the trailing end point and determine the total surface resistance (drag force) of the plate. Take specific gravity as 0.86 and kinematic viscosity as 10-5m2/s.

2- Oil with a free stream velocity of 2 m/s flows over a thin plate 2m wide and 2m long. Calculate the boundary layer thickness and the shear stress at the trailing end point and determine the total surface resistance (drag force) of the plate. Take specific gravity as 0.86 and kinematic viscosity as 10-5m2/s.

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