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• The wall shear stress ,tw ,can be found from the skin • We know we are aiming for y+ of 50, hence:
friction coefficient, Cf:
ym
t w 1 C f rU
2 y 9x10 -4 m
2 Ut r
• A literature search1 suggests a formula for the skin
friction on a plate thus: our first cell height y should be
approximately 1 mm.
C f 0.058 Re l0.2
1 An equivalent formula for internal flows, with Reynolds number based on the pipe diameter is C = 0.079 Re -0.25
f d