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Air flows over a 4 meter long flat plate at a velocity of 8 m/s. Using...

Air flows over a 4 meter long flat plate at a velocity of 8 m/s. Using a spreadsheet, calculate the boundary layer thickness and wall shear stress at 0.1 meter intervals along the plate. Do not plot the wall shear stress at x=0. Use a transition Reynolds number of 5 x 10^5 . (You will need to calculate Rex at each location to determine if the laminar or turbulent correlations should be used.) Generate a spreadsheet table that includes columns for the x location, Reynolds number, boundary layer thickness, and wall shear stress. Also include the exact transition location in the x column. At the transition location, calculate both the laminar and turbulent correlations and include both values in your plot. (The solution will have a jump at the transition point.) Plot your results for the boundary layer thickness and wall shear stress on separate plots. Submit a copy of your EXCEL table and the plots you generated. Include a plot title and label the axes with the variable name and units. Use only lines, no symbols, to show your analytical solution.

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Density (Kg/m^3) Velocity (m/s) Distance (m) kinematic viscosity of air (m^2/s) Renolds Number Boundary layer thickness (m) Wall shear stress             (Pa)
1.2047 8 0.1 1.82E-05 4.39E+04 2.39E-03 0.122108899
1.2047 8 0.2 1.82E-05 8.79E+04 3.37E-03 0.086344031
1.2047 8 0.3 1.82E-05 1.32E+05 4.13E-03 0.070499606
1.2047 8 0.4 1.82E-05 1.76E+05 4.77E-03 0.06105445
1.2047 8 0.5 1.82E-05 2.20E+05 5.33E-03 0.05460876
1.2047 8 0.6 1.82E-05 2.64E+05 5.84E-03 0.049850749
1.2047 8 0.7 1.82E-05 3.08E+05 6.31E-03 0.046152826
1.2047 8 0.8 1.82E-05 3.52E+05 6.75E-03 0.043172015
1.2047 8 0.9 1.82E-05 3.95E+05 7.16E-03 0.040702966
1.2047 8 1 1.82E-05 4.39E+05 7.54E-03 0.038614224
1.2047 8 1.1 1.82E-05 4.83E+05 4.62E-02 0.036817218
1.2047 8 1.1375 1.82E-05 5.00E+05 4.75E-02 0.036205255
1.2047 8 1.1375 1.82E-05 5.00E+05 4.75E-02 0.16596729
1.2047 8 1.2 1.82E-05 5.27E+05 4.96E-02 0.164858278
1.2047 8 1.3 1.82E-05 5.71E+05 5.28E-02 0.164858278
1.2047 8 1.4 1.82E-05 6.15E+05 5.61E-02 0.163104067
1.2047 8 1.5 1.82E-05 6.59E+05 5.93E-02 0.160513797
1.2047 8 1.6 1.82E-05 7.03E+05 6.24E-02 0.158152271
1.2047 8 1.7 1.82E-05 7.47E+05 6.55E-02 0.155984982
1.2047 8 1.8 1.82E-05 7.91E+05 6.86E-02 0.153984513
1.2047 8 1.9 1.82E-05 8.35E+05 7.16E-02 0.152128735
1.2047 8 2 1.82E-05 8.79E+05 7.46E-02 0.150399551
1.2047 8 2.1 1.82E-05 9.23E+05 7.76E-02 0.148781975
1.2047 8 2.2 1.82E-05 9.67E+05 8.05E-02 0.147263474
1.2047 8 2.3 1.82E-05 1.01E+06 8.34E-02 0.14583346
1.2047 8 2.4 1.82E-05 1.05E+06 8.63E-02 0.144482918
1.2047 8 2.5 1.82E-05 1.10E+06 8.92E-02 0.143204107
1.2047 8 2.6 1.82E-05 1.14E+06 9.20E-02 0.141990337
1.2047 8 2.7 1.82E-05 1.19E+06 9.48E-02 0.140835791
1.2047 8 2.8 1.82E-05 1.23E+06 9.76E-02 0.139735377
1.2047 8 2.9 1.82E-05 1.27E+06 1.00E-01 0.138684615
1.2047 8 3 1.82E-05 1.32E+06 1.03E-01 0.137679549
1.2047 8 3.1 1.82E-05 1.36E+06 1.06E-01 0.13671666
1.2047 8 3.2 1.82E-05 1.41E+06 1.09E-01 0.135792814
1.2047 8 3.3 1.82E-05 1.45E+06 1.11E-01 0.134905203
1.2047 8 3.4 1.82E-05 1.49E+06 1.14E-01 0.134051304
1.2047 8 3.5 1.82E-05 1.54E+06 1.17E-01 0.133228842
1.2047 8 3.6 1.82E-05 1.58E+06 1.19E-01 0.132435756
1.2047 8 3.7 1.82E-05 1.63E+06 1.22E-01 0.13167018
1.2047 8 3.8 1.82E-05 1.67E+06 1.25E-01 0.130930413
1.2047 8 3.9 1.82E-05 1.71E+06 1.27E-01 0.130214904
1.2047 8 4 1.82E-05 1.76E+06 1.30E-01 0.129522232


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