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Skin Friction

Skin Friction is a type of frictional resistance arising from viscous forces at the boundary between a fluid and a solid surface, characterized by the shear stress exerted tangentially due to momentum exchange within the boundary layer flow.

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Boundary‐layer behavior on continuous solid surfaces: II. The boundary layer on a continuous flat surface

Byron C. Sakiadis · AIChE Journal · 1961 · 1.8K citations

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Predictions of Channel and Boundary-Layer Flows with a Low-Reynolds-Number Turbulence Model

Kuei-Yuan Chien · AIAA Journal · 1982 · 1.3K citations

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Skin Friction between Various Soils and Construction Materials

Julius G. Potyondy · Géotechnique · 1961 · 794 citations

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Drag Reduction by Additives

J. L. Lumley · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1969 · 759 citations

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Active turbulence control for drag reduction in wall-bounded flows

Haecheon Choi, Parviz Moin, John Kim · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1994 · 757 citations

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    Tasawar Hayat

    Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

    191 publications · 10.2K citations

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  2. IP
    Ioan Pop

    Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania

    141 publications · 6.5K citations

    45

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  3. AA
    Ahmed Alsaedi

    King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

    81 publications · 4.4K citations

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  4. AJ
    Ali J. Chamkha

    Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

    72 publications · 4.5K citations

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  5. MM
    M.Y. Malik

    King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

    51 publications · 2.4K citations

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  1. Quaid-i-Azam University

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    69 h-index

    782 publications

    40.5K citations

  2. King Abdulaziz University

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    65 h-index

    425 publications

    21.9K citations

  3. COMSATS University Islamabad

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    49 h-index

    246 publications

    11.1K citations

  4. Babeș-Bolyai University

    Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    43 h-index

    134 publications

    5.9K citations

  5. King Khalid University

    Abhā, Saudi Arabia

    41 h-index

    137 publications

    5.5K citations

  6. National University of Malaysia

    Bangi, Malaysia

    39 h-index

    163 publications

    7.1K citations

  7. Vellore Institute of Technology University

    Vellore, India

    36 h-index

    150 publications

    5.4K citations

  8. Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

    Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    34 h-index

    109 publications

    4.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    204 publications · 21.3K citations

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  2. Results in Physics

    126 publications · 7.7K citations

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    134 publications · 11K citations

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  4. Alexandria Engineering Journal

    AEJ · 108 publications · 7.3K citations

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  5. AIAA Journal

    151 publications · 7.5K citations

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