I Is shear stress at the pipe wall the same for turbulent and laminar flows?

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Shear stress at the walls of a pipe differs between turbulent and laminar flows due to variations in velocity gradients. In turbulent flow, the shear stress is influenced by both laminar and turbulent components, but the velocity gradient near the wall is significantly higher, leading to greater shear stress. While the fundamental definition of shear stress remains the same—being the product of shear rate and viscosity—the actual values differ due to the chaotic nature of turbulent flow. The concept of "eddy viscosity" is introduced to model turbulence effects, which complicates direct comparisons with laminar flow. Ultimately, wall shear stress is not equal in turbulent and laminar flows, reflecting the complexities of fluid dynamics.
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lost captain said:
do i see this not moving fluid with my naked eye? Yes

Compare the position of the right tip of the dyed fluid between 0.09 and 0.18. It very slowly moves left. You need longer experiments than just a few seconds.

lost captain said:
If it has no thickness to be considered a layer how come i observe this so easily?
"No thickness" applies to the mathematical continuum model. In reality you have particles and surface irregularities of finite size.
 
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A.T. said:
Compare the position of the right tip of the dyed fluid between 0.09 and 0.18. It very slowly moves left. You need longer experiments than just a few seconds.


"No thickness" applies to the mathematical continuum model. In reality you have particles and surface irregularities of finite size.
Okay thank you very much. Could you also answer me this: is the friction at the walls of the pipe applied at the moving layer on top of the no slip condition?
 

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