 Boundary-layer Thickness, Skin friction, and Energy dissipation

By K. P. Burr, T. R. Akylas, C. C. Mei.

Online text: web.mit.edu/fluids-modules/www/highspeed_flows/ver2/bl_Chap2/node7.html

Cited passages: Boundary-layer Thickness, Skin friction, and Energy dissipation, discussion before equation (79): asymptotic edge and experimental sensitivity of a 99% criterion; Equation (79) and following interpretation of the volume-flux deficit; Equation (80) and interpretation of the momentum-defect flux; Equation (82), dimensional wall shear definition; the coefficient here follows the numerically checked Blasius equation in the stated normalization.