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Boundary Layer Thickness

Estimate laminar and turbulent boundary-layer thickness over a flat plate.

visual calculatorTurbulence & Wall Modeling

Read the flow shape before trusting the number.

This page turns a CFD setup into regime, scale, and dominant-effect cues. Adjust the calculator below and compare the moving graphic with the computed result.

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delta_lam ˜= 5 x / sqrt(Re_x)delta_turb ˜= 0.37 x / Re_xˆ(1/5)\begin{aligned}\text{delta\_lam \~{}= 5 x / sqrt(Re\_x)}\\[0.35em]\text{delta\_turb \~{}= 0.37 x / Re\_x\^{}(1/5)}\end{aligned}
ASCII sourcedelta_lam ~= 5 x / sqrt(Re_x), delta_turb ~= 0.37 x / Re_x^(1/5)
Re_x
6.67e+5
δ laminar (mm)
6.12
δ turbulent (mm)
25.32

평판 천이 임계: Re_x ≈ 5×10⁵. 현재 난류 영역입니다.