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viscous sublayer

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viscous sublayer [‚vis·kəs ′səb‚lā·ər]
(fluid mechanics)
In a turbulent flow, a very thin region next to a wall, typically only 1% of the boundary layer thickness, where turbulent mixing is impeded and transport occurs partly or, if the limit as the wall is approached, entirely by viscous diffusion.


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While wall roughness hardly affects the pressure drop in laminar flow, its influence in the turbulent case is quite considerable if the mean protrusion height k is greater than the thickness of the viscous sublayer [delta].
It is assumed that very near to the wall there is a viscous sublayer with linear velocity distribution u/[u.
However, correct prediction of this vortex cannot be ascribed to whether the viscous sublayer is resolved.
 
 
 
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