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Wall Quantities

flow_props computes near-wall quantities directly from the CFD dataset and grid geometry.

Wall Shear Stress

The wall shear stress is evaluated as:

\[ \tau_w = \mu_w \left.\frac{\partial u}{\partial \eta}\right|_w \]

The current implementation uses a one-sided second-order finite-difference approximation at the wall.

Skin-Friction Coefficient

\[ C_f = \frac{\tau_w}{\tfrac{1}{2}\rho_\infty u_\infty^2} \]

This requires freestream density and velocity.

Wall Heat Flux

\[ q_w = -k_w \left.\frac{\partial T}{\partial \eta}\right|_w \]

As with shear stress, the wall-normal derivative is approximated with a one-sided finite-difference stencil.

Stanton Number

The package reports:

\[ St = \frac{q_w}{\rho_\infty u_\infty c_p (T_\infty - T_w)} \]

This is a practical working definition for the current package implementation.