Consider a 117 m/s airflow over a flat plate that is 1.2 m long perpendicular to the freestream direction. The freestream conditions correspond to standard sea level values. Assuming turbulent flow all throughout, calculate the total skin friction drag if the turbulent boundary layer has a thickness of 1.37 x 10-3 m at the trailing edge. Provide answer in Newtons, and round it off to the nearest thousandths.

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Consider a 117 m/s airflow over a flat plate that is 1.2 m long perpendicular to the freestream direction. The freestream conditions correspond to standard sea level values. Assuming turbulent flow all throughout, calculate the total skin friction drag if the turbulent boundary layer has a thickness of 1.37 x 10-3 m at the trailing edge. Provide answer in Newtons, and round it off to the nearest thousandths.
Consider a 117 m/s airflow over a flat plate
that is 1.2 m long perpendicular to the
freestream direction. The freestream conditions
correspond to standard sea level values.
Assuming turbulent flow all throughout,
calculate the total skin friction drag if the
turbulent boundary layer has a thickness of
1.37 x 10-3 m at the trailing edge. Provide
answer in Newtons, and round it off to the
nearest thousandths.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a 117 m/s airflow over a flat plate that is 1.2 m long perpendicular to the freestream direction. The freestream conditions correspond to standard sea level values. Assuming turbulent flow all throughout, calculate the total skin friction drag if the turbulent boundary layer has a thickness of 1.37 x 10-3 m at the trailing edge. Provide answer in Newtons, and round it off to the nearest thousandths.
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