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The asymptotic structure of the turbulent attachment-line boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

B. W. van Oudheusden
B. W. van Oudheusden*
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDelft University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
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Abstract

The method of matched asymptotic expansions has been applied to analyse the asymptotic structure of the incompressible turbulent attachment-line boundary layer at large Reynolds numbers. Inner and outer solutions were obtained that give the ‘wall-unit’ and ‘velocity-defect’ represention of both the spanwise and chordwise velocity profiles. The predictions from the theory agree with experimental and DNS data in the range of fully developed turbulence.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 107 , Issue 1067 , January 2003 , pp. 57 - 61
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2003 

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