skin friction

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skin friction [′skin ‚frik·shən]

(fluid mechanics)

A type of friction force which exists at the surface of a solid body immersed in a much larger volume of fluid which is in motion relative to the body.

skin friction

The frictional resistance developed between soil and a structure or between soil and a pile being driven in it.

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