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Nomenclature

Symbol Meaning
\(\eta\) Wall-normal distance coordinate
\(u\) Streamwise velocity
\(u_e\) Boundary-layer edge velocity
\(\rho\) Density
\(\rho_e\) Boundary-layer edge density
\(T\) Temperature
\(T_e\) Edge reference temperature
\(p\) Pressure
\(p_e\) Edge reference pressure
\(h_t\) Total enthalpy
\(\delta\) Boundary-layer thickness
\(\delta^*\) Displacement thickness
\(\theta\) Momentum thickness
\(H\) Shape factor, \(\delta^*/\theta\)
\(\Delta s\) Entropy difference relative to a reference state
\(\delta_{entropy}\) Entropy-layer thickness
\(\tau_w\) Wall shear stress
\(q_w\) Wall heat flux
\(C_f\) Skin-friction coefficient
\(St\) Stanton number