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Frictional Drag

Frictional Drag is a type of resistive force arising from the viscous interaction between a solid surface and an adjacent fluid flow, distinguished by its dependence on the fluid’s viscosity and the velocity gradient at the boundary layer.

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Economic impact of biofouling on a naval surface ship

Michael P. Schultz, John Bendick, Eric Holm et al. · Biofouling · 2010 · 1.4K citations

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Note on the swimming of slender fish

M. J. Lighthill · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1960 · 1.2K citations

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On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds

Mark A. Donelan, Brian K. Haus, Nicolás Reul et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2004 · 896 citations · Full text

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Contribution of Reynolds stress distribution to the skin friction in wall-bounded flows

Koji Fukagata, Kaoru Iwamoto, Nobuhide Kasagi · Physics of Fluids · 2002 · 671 citations

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Dynamical Friction in a Gaseous Medium

Eve C. Ostriker · The Astrophysical Journal · 1999 · 571 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. YM
    Yuichi Murai

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    8 publications · 423 citations

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  2. MP
    Michael P. Schultz

    United States Naval Academy, United States

    6 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. YT
    Yuji Tasaka

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    5 publications · 135 citations

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  4. GH
    Gareth H. McKinley

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 285 citations

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  5. KA
    Karen A. Flack

    United States Naval Academy, United States

    5 publications · 871 citations

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    28 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    8 h-index

    28 publications

    1K citations

  4. United States Naval Academy

    Annapolis, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    878 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    813 citations

  7. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    608 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Physics of Fluids

    16 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    11 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 10 publications · 791 citations

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    9 publications · 681 citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 8 publications · 1.7K citations

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