Slip velocity over a perforated or patchy surface

Abstract

Shear flow over a solid surface containing perforations or patches of zero shear stress is discussed with a view to evaluating the slip velocity. In both cases, the functional dependence of the slip velocity on the solid fraction of the surface strongly depends on the surface geometry, and a universal law cannot be established. Numerical results for flow over a plate with circular or square perforations or patches of zero shear stress, and flow over a plate consisting of separated square or circular tiles corroborate the assertion.