Abstract:A universal friction law for turbulent boundary layers on a flat plate with suction is established. Experimental skin-friction distributions obtained for various suction factors and Reynolds numbers are described in similarity variables by a single universal curve. The law is valid for the entire range of suction velocities from zero one till the limiting values corresponding to asymptotic-suction boundary layers. The analysis is not based on any particular turbulence model.
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