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The Determination of the Position of Maximum Velocity in Turbulent Shear Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

F. Durst ,
B. E. Launder  and
H. Åkesson
F. Durst
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London
B. E. Launder
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London
H. Åkesson
Affiliation:
Aktiebolaget Atomenergi Studsvik, Sweden
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The majority of current prediction procedures for turbulent flows employ models of turbulent momentum transfer which calculate an effective viscosity for μeff such that for a boundary-layer flow the shear stress, τ, is given by:

A number of recent experimental investigations (ref. 1-3 for example) have found, however, that in strongly asymmetric turbulent flows, τ is finite where the mean velocity gradient is zero—and vice versa. These phenomena, which are evidently not describable in terms of an effective viscosity hypothesis, point the need for a more complete description of turbulent motion.

Type
Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 75 , Issue 723 , March 1971 , pp. 196 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1971 

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