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The exam is closed book and closed notes.

The wall shear stress 𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 in a boundary layer is assumed to be a function of stream velocity U,
boundary layer thickness δ, local turbulence velocity 𝑢𝑢′ , density ρ, and local pressure gradient
dp/dx. Using ρ, U, and δ as repeating variables, find an expression for 𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 as a function of the
other parameters in the problem in terms of dimensionless Pi groups.
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Solution:
Format (+3)

Variables

𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 = 𝑓𝑓(𝑈𝑈, 𝛿𝛿, 𝑢𝑢′ , 𝜌𝜌, 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑/𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 )

𝑛𝑛 = 6
Units
𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 = {𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−1 𝑇𝑇 −2 }

𝑈𝑈 = {𝐿𝐿𝑇𝑇 −1 }

𝛿𝛿 = {𝐿𝐿}

𝑢𝑢′ = {𝐿𝐿𝑇𝑇 −1 }

𝜌𝜌 = {𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−3 }

𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑/𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 = {𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−2 𝑇𝑇 −2 } (+1)

𝑗𝑗 = 3

𝑘𝑘 = 𝑛𝑛 − 𝑗𝑗 = 3 (+2)

𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣𝑣 = 𝜌𝜌, 𝑈𝑈, 𝛿𝛿

𝜋𝜋1 = 𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 𝜌𝜌𝑎𝑎1 𝑈𝑈𝑏𝑏1 𝛿𝛿 𝑐𝑐1 = {(𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−1 𝑇𝑇 −2 )(𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−3 )𝑎𝑎1 (𝐿𝐿𝑇𝑇 −1 )𝑏𝑏1 (𝐿𝐿)𝑐𝑐1 } = {𝑀𝑀0 𝐿𝐿0 𝑇𝑇 0 }

𝑎𝑎1 = −1; 𝑏𝑏1 = −2; 𝑐𝑐1 = 0

𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤
𝜋𝜋1 = (+1)
𝜌𝜌𝑈𝑈 2

𝜋𝜋2 = 𝑢𝑢′ 𝜌𝜌𝑎𝑎2 𝑈𝑈𝑏𝑏2 𝛿𝛿 𝑐𝑐2 = {(𝐿𝐿𝑇𝑇 −1 )(𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−3 )𝑎𝑎2 (𝐿𝐿𝑇𝑇 −1 )𝑏𝑏2 (𝐿𝐿)𝑐𝑐2 } = {𝑀𝑀0 𝐿𝐿0 𝑇𝑇 0 }

𝑎𝑎2 = 0; 𝑏𝑏2 = −1; 𝑐𝑐2 = 0

𝑢𝑢′ (+1)
𝜋𝜋2 =
𝑈𝑈

𝜋𝜋3 = 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑/𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝜌𝜌𝑎𝑎3 𝑈𝑈𝑏𝑏3 𝛿𝛿 𝑐𝑐3 = {(𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−2 𝑇𝑇 −2 )(𝑀𝑀𝐿𝐿−3 )𝑎𝑎3 (𝐿𝐿𝑇𝑇 −1 )𝑏𝑏3 (𝐿𝐿)𝑐𝑐3 } = {𝑀𝑀0 𝐿𝐿0 𝑇𝑇 0 }
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𝑎𝑎3 = −1; 𝑏𝑏3 = −2; 𝑐𝑐3 = 1

𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑/𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝛿𝛿 (+1)
𝜋𝜋3 =
𝜌𝜌𝑈𝑈 2

𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 𝑢𝑢′ 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑/𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝛿𝛿 (+1)

= 𝑓𝑓 � , �
𝜌𝜌𝑈𝑈 2 𝑈𝑈 𝜌𝜌𝑈𝑈 2