skin friction
Britishnoun
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Theodore von Karman and Hsue-shen Tsien declared that to avoid heating and to keep down skin friction, the surface of the plane would have to be polished to mirror smoothness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The metallic skeleton was built up from aluminium and over this was stretched the fabric of the envelope, care being observed to reduce skin friction, as well as to achieve impermeability.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose
As the steam velocities of these types are usually higher, the importance of minimizing the skin friction and eliminating the possibility of eddies is great.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
On two occasions calculations were made to determine the skin friction while the caissons were being settled.
From Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910 by Meem, J. C.
Assuming the maximum capacity of the jacks at 100 tons, which is not probable, the skin friction could not have amounted to more than 75 lb. per sq. ft.
From Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910 by Meem, J. C.
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