4.2 - Velocity Deficit
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Practice Questions
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Define the transition zone.
💡 Hint: Think of the area marking a change in flow behavior.
What is the velocity deficit?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when fluid flows past a surface.
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What happens in the transition zone?
💡 Hint: Recall the types of flow and when they change.
True or False: The laminar sub-layer is independent of viscosity.
💡 Hint: Think about what dominates at small scales.
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A fluid flows over a flat plate. Calculate the velocity deficit at a point where the local velocity is 0.3 U and U is the free stream velocity.
💡 Hint: Consider how local velocities compare to free stream.
Discuss how an increase in plate length would affect the boundary layer development and velocity deficit.
💡 Hint: Think of how distance changes interactions in flowing fluids.
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