Aerospace Engineering > GATE 2017 > Boundary Layer Theory
Consider an incompressible flow over a flat plate with the following approximation to the velocity profile:
where δ is the boundary layer thickness and U the free-stream speed. The normalized momentum thickness (θ/δ) for this profile is _______ (in three decimal places).

Correct : 0.165 to 0.168
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