Solution

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Take vertically downward along the wall and normally outward, with the wall at and free surface at . The expected steady velocity is : it vanishes at the wall and is opposed by an upward air shear at the surface. Gravity supplies the downward body force , while the surface normal stress is the atmospheric pressure .

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