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The Role of Skin-Friction Measurements in Boundary Layers with Variable Pressure Gradients

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IUTAM Symposium on One Hundred Years of Boundary Layer Research

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  1. Hermann-Föttinger-Institut für Strömungsmechanik, Technische Universität Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Str. 8, D-10623, Berlin, Germany

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  1. Institut für Strömungsmaschinen, Universität Hannover und DLR–Institut fürAerodynamik und Strömungstechnik, Göttingen, Germany

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Fernholz, HH. (2006). The Role of Skin-Friction Measurements in Boundary Layers with Variable Pressure Gradients. In: Meier, G.E.A., Sreenivasan, K.R., Heinemann, HJ. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on One Hundred Years of Boundary Layer Research. Solid mechanics and its applications, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4150-1_22

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