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The results of a gravimetric investigation of the effect of longitudinal riblets on the friction drag of a flat plate are presented. The experiments were carried out with both natural and artificially thickened developed turbulent boundary layers in a zero-gradient flow.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 140–145, March–April, 1987.
The authors wish to thank V. V. Mikhailov for his valuable assistance.
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Enyutin, G.V., Lashkov, Y.A., Samoilova, N.V. et al. Experimental investigation of the effect of longitudinal riblets on the friction drag of a flat plate. Fluid Dyn 22, 284–289 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052264
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