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Old   November 6, 2019, 17:03
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My question is about the effect of viscosity in BL for 2 different fluid flows (low and high viscosity ) over a flat plate.
Is boundary layer goes thinner when we have fluid flow with low viscosity compared to other one? and what about other diffusion properties like heat transfer?

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My question is about the effect of viscosity in BL for 2 different fluid flows (low and high viscosity ) over a flat plate.
Is boundary layer goes thinner when we have fluid flow with low viscosity compared to other one? and what about other diffusion properties like heat transfer?

Thanks.



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