It is pretty tough to follow the derivation, but the vee in the first term of eq 22 (friction force integral) is the plate velocity (see eq 5). Is that the ‘in terms of velocity’ you had in mind?

I got a lot out of Saundra Yancy McGuire’s books “teach students how to learn” and “teach yourself how to learn”. If your library has them, that might be the way to go. Not sure they’re meaty enough to justify a purchase.

But that said, her illustration of Bloom’s taxonomy using the story of Goldilocks could provide a week’s-worth of lessons.

I am not your negro is incredible. Not a film, but Ta-Nehesi Coates Between the world and me carries on James Baldwin’s legacy.