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• Intro to momentum and thermal boundary layers
Today
• Steady/ Unsteady Flow
• Laminar/Turbulent Flow
• Flow Separation
• Internal/External Flows
• Governing Equations – Axioms of Mechanics
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which is another non-dimensional number that
characterizes a flow. For low Re, we find laminar flows,
while for high Re we find turbulent flows. The Reynolds
number can be interpreted as a ratio of inertial forces to
viscous forces.