Boundary layer — Prandtl's concept, growth along flat plate: Worked examples

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Local Reynolds number — ek pure number jo distance $x$ par "push" (inertia) ko "stickiness" (viscosity) se compare karta hai leading edge se: $R e_{x} = \frac{U x}{ν}$ Yahan $U$ = free-stream speed (m/s), $x$ = plate ke front tip se downstream distance (m), $ν$ = kinematic viscosity ( $m^{2} / s$ , yani "momentum kitni tezi se diffuse hota hai" wala number). Dekho Reynolds number.
Laminar layer thickness (Blasius, exact constant), sirf tabhi valid jab $R e_{x} < 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ : $δ (x) = \frac{5.0 x}{R e _{x}} = 5.0 \frac{ν x}{U}$
Turbulent layer thickness (empirical $1/5$ -power law, valid for $R e_{x} ≳ 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ ): $δ (x) = \frac{0.37 x}{R e _{x}^{1/5}} = 0.37 x (\frac{ν}{U x})^{1/5}$
Wall shear stress — friction jo fluid plate par per unit area drag karta hai, $N/m^{2}$ : $τ_{w} \sim μ \frac{U}{δ}, μ = ρ ν$ jahan $μ$ = dynamic viscosity ( $Pa\cdots$ ) aur $ρ$ = fluid density ( $kg/m^{3}$ ). Dekho Viscosity and Newton's law of viscosity.

Do coordinate symbols baar baar aayenge, toh inhe ek baar yahan anchor karte hain (dono plate ki parent picture se inherited hain): $x$ woh distance hai jo leading edge se plate ke saath measure ki jaati hai, aur $y$ woh height hai jo seedha wall se upar measure hoti hai (toh $y = 0$ plate surface hai, $y = δ$ boundary layer ka top hai). Symbol $u$ ka matlab hai fluid ki horizontal speed kisi given height $y$ par — yeh $u = 0$ se wall par (no-slip) badhti hai $u = U$ tak layer ke edge par. Expression $\partial u / \partial y$ simply us speed-versus-height curve ki slope hai: jaise hi tum wall se thoda upar uthte ho, speed kitni tezi se change hoti hai.

Ek extra convention jo hume baar baar chahiye: flow laminar (smooth layers) hota hai roughly jab $R e_{x} < 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ , aur iske baad yeh turbulent (mixed-up eddies) ho jaata hai. Dekho Laminar vs Turbulent flow. Yahi threshold decide karta hai ki kaun sa formula allowed bhi hai — uske neeche Blasius, uske upar $1/5$ -power law.

Scenario matrix

Har fluid-boundary-layer question in cells mein se koi ek hoti hai. Neeche ke examples har box tick karte hain.

Cell	Case class	Isme kya khaas hai	Example
A	Direct forward calc	given $U, ν, x$ → find $δ$	Ex 1
B	Degenerate input: leading edge	$x \to 0$	Ex 2
C	Limiting behaviour: $U \to \infty$	bahut fast stream, layer $\to 0$	Ex 2
D	Scaling / ratio (sirf ek variable change hota hai)	proportionality use karo, full numbers nahi	Ex 3
E	Inverse problem	given $δ$ → find $x$ (ya $U$ )	Ex 4
F	Transition check ( $R e_{x}$ vs $5 \times 1 0^{5}$ )	kya laminar formula legal bhi hai?	Ex 5
G	Wall shear / skin friction	$τ_{w} \propto 1/ x$ , nose par sabse zyada	Ex 6
H	Real-world word problem (units mixed, air)	story → symbols translate karo	Ex 7
I	Exam twist: two fluids / combine effects	$ν$ AND $U$ dono badlo	Ex 8
J	Past transition: turbulent growth law	$R e_{x} > 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ , use $δ \propto x / R e_{x}^{1/5}$	Ex 9

Example 1 — Cell A: plain forward calculation

Worked example Water over a plate

Water ( $ν = 1.0 \times 1 0^{- 6} m^{2} / s$ ) ek flat plate ke upar $U = 2 m/s$ se stream karta hai. $x = 0.2 m$ par $δ$ find karo.

Forecast: Water thoda hi sticky hai aur plate chhoti hai — guess karo ek millimetre-scale layer, centimetres nahi.

Step 1 — $R e_{x}$ compute karo aur check karo ki woh range mein hai. $R e_{x} = \frac{U x}{ν} = \frac{2 \times 0.2}{1.0 \times 1 0 ^{- 6}} = 4.0 \times 1 0^{5}$ Yeh step kyun? Thickness formula choose karne se pehle hume check karna hoga ki hum kis regime mein hain. Yahan $R e_{x} = 4.0 \times 1 0^{5} < 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ , toh flow laminar hai aur Blasius formula legally applicable hai. (Agar yeh $5 \times 1 0^{5}$ se zyada hota toh hume Ex 9 ka turbulent law use karna padta.)

Step 2 — Ise Blasius mein daalo. $δ = \frac{5.0 x}{R e _{x}} = \frac{5.0 \times 0.2}{4.0 \times 1 0 ^{5}} = \frac{1.0}{632.5} = 1.58 \times 1 0^{- 3} m$ Yeh step kyun? Denominator mein $R e_{x}$ exactly wahi cheez hai jo "kitna patla" ko ek length mein convert karti hai. Bada denominator → chhota $δ$ .

Answer: $δ \approx 1.58 mm$ .

Verify: Units — $x$ metres mein hai, $R e_{x}$ dimensionless hai, toh $δ$ metres mein hai. ✓ Magnitude ~1.6 mm forecast se match karta hai, aur $R e_{x}$ safely transition ke neeche hai toh formula legal tha. ✓

Example 2 — Cells B & C: degenerate leading edge aur infinite speed

Worked example Do limits ek saath

Usi water flow ke liye ( $ν = 1 0^{- 6}$ , $U = 2$ ): (a) leading edge $x = 0$ par $δ$ kya hai? (b) Fixed $x = 0.2 m$ par $U \to \infty$ hone par $δ$ ka kya hota hai?

Forecast: (a) Plate ne abhi fluid pakadna shuru kiya hai — guess karo zero. (b) Hurricane-fast stream wall ko kuch slow karne ka time hi nahi deta — guess karo $δ \to 0$ .

Step 1 — Leading edge. $x = 0$ ko $δ = 5.0 ν x / U$ mein daalo: $δ (0) = 5.0 \frac{ν \cdot 0}{U} = 0$ Yeh step kyun? Bilkul front tip par, koi bhi fluid abhi tak wall ke paas koi time spend nahi kiya hai, toh kuch bhi slow nahi hua. Formula ko (aur karta bhi hai) zero dena chahiye.

Step 2 — Infinite speed. $x$ fixed rakho, $U \to \infty$ hone do: $δ = 5.0 \frac{ν x}{U} U \to \infty 5.0 ν x \cdot \frac{1}{U} \to 0$ Yeh step kyun? $δ \propto 1/ U$ . Faster stream = viscosity ke liye "exposure time" kam hota hai sideways diffuse karne ke liye, toh slowed zone grow hi nahi kar sakta. Ideal limit mein ( $ν \to 0$ ya $U \to \infty$ ) layer gayab ho jaati hai — wo frictionless picture recover hoti hai jisne d'Alembert's paradox diya.

Verify: Dono limits $δ$ ko $0$ ki taraf push karte hain, "high $R e_{x}$ ⇒ thin layer" ke consistent. Full Blasius constant rakhte hue, $δ = 5.0 x / R e_{x}$ ; kyunki $R e_{x} = U x / ν \to \infty$ jab $U \to \infty$ , denominator blow up karta hai aur $δ \to 0$ . ✓

Example 3 — Cell D: pure scaling (koi calculator marathon nahi)

Worked example Layer do guni moti kahan hai?

Ek plate par, layer ki thickness $δ_{1}$ hai $x_{1} = 0.5 m$ par. Kis station $x_{2}$ par yeh do guni moti hai, baki sab fixed (still laminar)?

Forecast: Kyunki $δ \propto x$ , thickness double karne ke liye double se zyada distance chahiye. Guess karo ~ $4 \times$ .

Step 1 — Ratio likho. $U, ν$ fixed hone se, sirf $x$ bachta hai: $\frac{δ _{2}}{δ _{1}} = \frac{x _{2}}{x _{1}}$ Yeh step kyun? Constants ratio mein cancel ho jaate hain, toh hume unki values ki kabhi zaroorat nahi — growth law ki shape hi kaafi hai.

Step 2 — Ratio ko 2 set karo aur solve karo. $2 = \frac{x _{2}}{x _{1}} \Rightarrow \frac{x _{2}}{x _{1}} = 4 \Rightarrow x_{2} = 4 (0.5) = 2.0 m$ Yeh step kyun? Squaring square root ko undo karta hai. exactly isiliye hai ki distance chaar guna karne se thickness sirf double hoti hai — growth downstream slow ho jaati hai.

Verify: $2.0/0.5 = 4 = 2$ . ✓ Forecast " $4 \times$ distance" se match karta hai. ✓

Example 4 — Cell E: inverse problem

Worked example Thickness padho, speed recover karo

Air ( $ν = 1.5 \times 1 0^{- 5} m^{2} / s$ ) ek plate ke upar flow karta hai. $x = 0.3 m$ par laminar layer measure ki jaati hai $δ = 3.0 mm$ . Free-stream speed $U$ kya hai?

Forecast: 30 cm ke upar low-viscosity air mein kaafi moti 3 mm layer ek slow stream suggest karti hai (fast stream ek patelee sliver deta). Guess karo kuch m/s.

Step 1 — Blasius ko $U$ ke liye invert karo. $δ = 5.0 ν x / U$ se shuru karo, dono sides square karo: $δ^{2} = 25 \frac{ν x}{U} \Rightarrow U = \frac{25 ν x}{δ ^{2}}$ Yeh step kyun? Hume $U$ akela chahiye; squaring root remove karta hai aur hume algebraically isolate karne deta hai.

Step 2 — Numbers daalo ( $δ = 3.0 \times 1 0^{- 3} m$ ): $U = \frac{25 \times ( 1.5 \times 1 0 ^{- 5} ) \times 0.3}{( 3.0 \times 1 0 ^{- 3} ) ^{2}} = \frac{1.125 \times 1 0 ^{- 4}}{9.0 \times 1 0 ^{- 6}} = 12.5 m/s$ Yeh step kyun? Direct substitution jab $U$ isolate ho jaaye.

Answer: $U = 12.5 m/s$ .

Verify (plug back): $R e_{x} = \frac{12.5 \times 0.3}{1.5 \times 1 0 ^{- 5}} = 2.5 \times 1 0^{5}$ ; phir $δ = \frac{5 \times 0.3}{2.5 \times 1 0 ^{5}} = \frac{1.5}{500} = 3.0 \times 1 0^{- 3} m$ . ✓ Exactly given 3 mm. Aur $R e_{x} < 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ toh laminar legal tha. ✓

Example 5 — Cell F: kya laminar formula allowed bhi hai?

Worked example Transition check

Water ( $ν = 1.0 \times 1 0^{- 6}$ ) $U = 2 m/s$ par ek lambi plate ke upar flow karta hai. Kis distance $x_{c}$ tak flow laminar hai, aur wahan $δ$ kya hai?

Forecast: Transition $R e_{x} = 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ se set hoti hai. Kyunki water momentum slowly diffuse karta hai, guess karo laminar zone kuch tens of centimetres mein khatam ho jaata hai.

Step 1 — $R e_{x}$ ko critical value set karo aur $x_{c}$ ke liye solve karo. $R e_{x, crit} = 5 \times 1 0^{5} = \frac{U x _{c}}{ν} \Rightarrow x_{c} = \frac{5 \times 1 0 ^{5} ν}{U} = \frac{5 \times 1 0 ^{5} \times 1 0 ^{- 6}}{2} = 0.25 m$ Yeh step kyun? $x_{c}$ ke baad boundary layer turbulence mein trip karti hai, aur smooth-layer Blasius formula usse describe nahi kar sakta. Pehle us frontier ko locate karna zaroori hai. Dekho Laminar vs Turbulent flow.

Step 2 — Transition par thickness. $δ (x_{c}) = \frac{5.0 \times 0.25}{5 \times 1 0 ^{5}} = \frac{1.25}{707.1} = 1.77 \times 1 0^{- 3} m$ Yeh step kyun? Yeh sabse moti thickness hai jo laminar layer kabhi achieve karti hai; iske baad hum turbulent growth law par switch karenge (Ex 9 dekho).

Answer: laminar $x_{c} = 0.25 m$ tak, jahan $δ \approx 1.77 mm$ .

Verify: $R e_{x_{c}} = 2 \times 0.25/1 0^{- 6} = 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ ✓ exactly critical. $x_{c}$ ke units: $[ν] / [U] = (m^{2} / s) / (m/s) = m$ . ✓

Example 6 — Cell G: wall shear stress, nose par sabse zyada

Figure 6.1 neeche is example ki visual backbone hai — pehle caption padho, phir dekho ki wall slope downstream kaise shrink karta hai.

Figure — Boundary layer — Prandtl's concept, growth along flat plate

Figure 6.1 — Plate ke saath do stations par velocity profiles $u (y)$ . Blue arrows baayi taraf uniform free stream $U$ hain. Har station par ek coloured curve dikhata hai ki fluid speed $u$ kaise $0$ se wall par ( $y = 0$ ) $U$ tak layer edge $y = δ$ par chadhti hai (dashed yellow curve $δ \propto x$ ). Nose ke paas (pink) curve ek patli layer mein squeeze hoti hai, toh uski wall slope $\partial u / \partial y$ — chhota pink arrow — steep hai; downstream (blue) layer moti hai aur wall slope gentle hai. Kyunki $τ_{w} \sim μ U / δ$ aur $δ$ nose par sabse chhota hai, friction leading edge par sabse fierce hai aur $1/ x$ ki tarah fade hota hai.

Worked example Plate ko friction sabse zyada kahan feel hoti hai?

Air ( $ρ = 1.2 kg/m^{3}$ , $ν = 1.5 \times 1 0^{- 5} m^{2} / s$ , toh $μ = ρ ν = 1.8 \times 1 0^{- 5} Pa\cdots$ ) $U = 10 m/s$ par flow karta hai. $x = 0.1 m$ par wall shear stress $τ_{w}$ estimate karo, aur batao ki plate ke saath friction sabse strong kahan hai. (Master list se yaad karo: $u$ wall ke upar height $y$ par horizontal speed hai, aur $\partial u / \partial y$ us speed profile ki slope hai.)

Forecast: Figure 6.1 mein velocity profile $u (y)$ sabse steep hai bilkul leading edge par (pateeli layer). Steepest slope → biggest stress. Guess: friction nose par sabse badi hai aur $1/ x$ ki tarah fade hoti hai.

Step 1 — Laminar confirm karo, phir $x = 0.1$ m par thickness find karo. $R e_{x} = \frac{10 \times 0.1}{1.5 \times 1 0 ^{- 5}} = 6.67 \times 1 0^{4} < 5 \times 1 0^{5} (laminar), δ = \frac{5 \times 0.1}{6.67 \times 1 0 ^{4}} = \frac{0.5}{258.2} = 1.94 \times 1 0^{- 3} m$ Yeh step kyun? $τ_{w}$ ko $δ$ chahiye: wall slope $\partial u / \partial y$ roughly (full speed $U$ ) ÷ (layer thickness $δ$ ) hai. Thin layer → steep slope → big stress. Hum pehle $R e_{x}$ check karte hain taaki pata chale ki Blasius legal hai.

Step 2 — $τ_{w} \sim μU / δ$ estimate karo. $τ_{w} \sim μ \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}_{y = 0} \sim \frac{μU}{δ} = \frac{( 1.8 \times 1 0 ^{- 5} ) ( 10 )}{1.94 \times 1 0 ^{- 3}} = 9.3 \times 1 0^{- 2} Pa$ Yeh step kyun? Newton's law of viscosity kehta hai stress = $μ \times$ velocity slope $\partial u / \partial y$ . Hum us slope ko wall par order-of-magnitude ratio $U / δ$ se approximate karte hain (speed change $U$ height $δ$ ke upar).

Step 3 — Yeh sabse bada kahan hai? Kyunki $δ \propto x$ , hume milta hai $τ_{w} \propto μU / ν x / U \propto 1/ x$ . Jab $x \to 0$ (leading edge), $τ_{w} \to \infty$ is idealisation mein. Yeh step kyun? Layer nose par sabse patli hai, toh gradient $\partial u / \partial y$ — aur isliye friction — wahan sabse fierce hai. Yahi Skin friction drag ki origin hai.

Verify: $τ_{w}$ ke units: $\frac{Pa\cdots \cdot m/s}{m} = Pa$ . ✓ Trend ki direction Figure 6.1 mein nose par steep pink wall-slope arrow se match karti hai. ✓

Example 7 — Cell H: real-world word problem

Worked example Solar panel ke upar wind

$6 km/h$ ki hawa ek flat rooftop solar panel ke top ke saath blow karti hai. Air $ν = 1.5 \times 1 0^{- 5} m^{2} / s$ lo. Panel ke leading edge se $0.4 m$ par boundary layer kitni moti hai?

Forecast: Ek gentle breeze half metre air ke upar — expect karo ek chunky layer, several millimetres, kyunki slow + low-viscosity-but-not-tiny-plate.

Step 1 — Story ko SI symbols mein translate karo. Speed m/s mein honi chahiye: $U = 6 km/h = \frac{6000 m}{3600 s} = 1.667 m/s, x = 0.4 m, ν = 1.5 \times 1 0^{- 5} m^{2} / s$ Yeh step kyun? Har formula SI mein hai; km/h ko $R e_{x}$ mein mix karna silently answer corrupt kar deta hai. Pehle convert karo, hamesha.

Step 2 — Reynolds number aur regime check. $R e_{x} = \frac{1.667 \times 0.4}{1.5 \times 1 0 ^{- 5}} = 4.44 \times 1 0^{4}$ Yeh step kyun? $5 \times 1 0^{5}$ se neeche, toh laminar assumption genuinely valid hai — turbulent law ki zaroorat nahi.

Step 3 — Thickness. $δ = \frac{5 \times 0.4}{4.44 \times 1 0 ^{4}} = \frac{2.0}{210.8} = 9.49 \times 1 0^{- 3} m \approx 9.5 mm$ Yeh step kyun? Direct substitution jab $R e_{x}$ pata ho aur laminar confirm ho.

Answer: $δ \approx 9.5 mm$ .

Verify: Slow speed ne thicker (~1 cm) layer di fast-water cases (~1–2 mm) se, exactly jaisa $δ \propto 1/ U$ predict karta hai. ✓ Forecast "several mm" se match karta hai. ✓

Example 8 — Cell I: exam twist, do effects ek saath

Worked example Fluid

aur speed dono change karo Ek plate ko pehle water mein test kiya jaata hai ( $ν_{1} = 1.0 \times 1 0^{- 6}$ ) $U_{1} = 4 m/s$ par, phir ek light oil mein ( $ν_{2} = 4.0 \times 1 0^{- 5}$ ) $U_{2} = 1 m/s$ par, same station $x$ par (dono laminar). Water se oil mein $δ$ kitne factor se change hoti hai?

Forecast: Oil zyada sticky hai (bada $ν$ → thicker) aur slower (chhota $U$ → thicker). Dono same direction mein push karte hain, toh expect karo $δ$ ek large factor se badhegi.

Step 1 — Fixed $x$ par ratio. $δ = 5.0 ν x / U$ se, $x$ common hone par: $\frac{δ _{2}}{δ _{1}} = \frac{ν _{2} / U _{2}}{ν _{1} / U _{1}} = \frac{ν _{2}}{ν _{1}} \cdot \frac{U _{1}}{U _{2}}$ Yeh step kyun? Sirf group $ν / U$ do runs ke beech vary karta hai; ratio banane se constant $5.0 x$ cancel ho jaata hai, toh kisi station value ki zaroorat hi nahi.

Step 2 — Numbers daalo. $\frac{δ _{2}}{δ _{1}} = \frac{4.0 \times 1 0 ^{- 5}}{1.0 \times 1 0 ^{- 6}} \cdot \frac{4}{1} = 40 \times 4 = 160 = 12.65$ Yeh step kyun? Dono factors ( $40$ viscosity se, $4$ slower speed se) multiply karte hain, toh unke effects compound hote hain partly cancel karne ki jagah.

Answer: oil layer lagbhag $12.6 \times$ moti hai.

Verify: Dono changes layer ko mota karte hain, aur product $40 \cdot 4 = 160 \approx 12.65$ . Sanity: $160$ , $144 = 12$ aur $169 = 13$ ke beech hai. ✓ Forecast "large factor" se match karta hai. ✓

Example 9 — Cell J: transition ke baad, turbulent growth law

Worked example Turbulence mein agla logical step

Air ( $ν = 1.5 \times 1 0^{- 5} m^{2} / s$ ) ek lambi wing panel ke upar $U = 30 m/s$ par flow karta hai. $x = 2.0 m$ par $δ$ find karo — lekin pehle check karo ki flow laminar hai ya turbulent, aur sahi law use karo.

Forecast: 2 m ke upar high speed par, $R e_{x}$ bahut millions mein hoga, transition se kaafi aage. Toh hume turbulent law par switch karna hoga. Turbulent layers vigorously mix karti hain aur laminar ones se faster grow karti hain, toh expect karo ek centimetre-scale layer, millimetre laminar cases se kaafi moti.

Step 1 — Reynolds number aur transition test. $R e_{x} = \frac{U x}{ν} = \frac{30 \times 2.0}{1.5 \times 1 0 ^{- 5}} = 4.0 \times 1 0^{6}$ Yeh step kyun? $5 \times 1 0^{5}$ se compare karo: kyunki $4.0 \times 1 0^{6} > 5 \times 1 0^{5}$ , flow yahan turbulent hai, toh Blasius ( $δ = 5 x / R e_{x}$ ) allowed nahi — ise use karne se thickness kaafi under-predict hogi. Yahi woh cell (J) hai jiske neeche pehle ke examples deliberately rahe.

Step 2 — Turbulent $1/5$ -power law apply karo. $δ = \frac{0.37 x}{R e _{x}^{1/5}} = \frac{0.37 \times 2.0}{( 4.0 \times 1 0 ^{6} ) ^{1/5}}$ Yeh step kyun? Turbulent flow mein, mixing eddies wall ke influence ko weaker $R e_{x}^{- 1/5}$ (na ki $R e_{x}^{- 1/2}$ ) dependence ke saath spread karte hain, toh layer downstream zyada quickly thicken hoti hai. Yeh Blasius ka empirical replacement hai.

Step 3 — Fifth root crush karo. $(4.0 \times 1 0^{6})^{1/5} = 20.91, δ = \frac{0.74}{20.91} = 3.54 \times 1 0^{- 2} m \approx 35.4 mm$ Yeh step kyun? $4 \times 1 0^{6}$ ka fifth root square root ( $\approx 2000$ ) se kaafi chhota divisor hai, aur exactly isiliye turbulent layers moti nikalti hain.

Answer: turbulent, $δ \approx 35 mm$ (lagbhag 3.5 cm).

Verify: Ek quick contrast — agar humne galti se Blasius use kiya hota: $δ_{lam} = 5 (2) / 4 \times 1 0^{6} = 10/2000 = 5.0 mm$ , saat guna patla. Turbulent answer ka centimetre-scale hona forecast se match karta hai. ✓ Units: $x$ (m) $\times$ dimensionless $=$ m. ✓

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Leading edge $x = 0$ par layer thickness hai ::: exactly zero (abhi tak koi fluid slow nahi hua). $δ$ se $x$ par jaane ke liye tum ::: Blasius ko invert karte ho: $x = δ^{2} U / (25 ν)$ (square karo aur rearrange karo). Laminar formula valid rehna band ho jaata hai jab ::: $R e_{x}$ lagbhag $5 \times 1 0^{5}$ exceed kare (transition to turbulence). Transition ke baad, layer thickness follow karti hai ::: turbulent law $δ = 0.37 x / R e_{x}^{1/5}$ (laminar se faster grow karti hai). Free-stream speed $U$ double karne se $δ$ multiply hoti hai ::: $1/ 2 \approx 0.707$ se (thinner, laminar). Wall shear stress distance ke saath vary karta hai ::: $τ_{w} \propto 1/ x$ , leading edge par sabse bada. Agar tum $4 \times$ viscosity aur half speed wale fluid par switch karo, $δ$ badhti hai ::: $4/0.5 = 8 \approx 2.83$ se.