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On the power laws for turbulent jets, wakes and shearing layers and their relationship to the principle of marginal instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

Martin Lessen
Martin Lessen
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences, University of Rochester, New York 14627
Temporary address: U.S. Office of Naval Research, 223/231 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5TH.
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Abstract

The classical power laws describing the similarity solutions for turbulent jets, wakes and shearing layers are found to determine a fixed turbulent Reynolds number for each flow. The power laws are then derived from the principle of marginal instability without the usual assumptions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 88 , Issue 3 , 13 October 1978 , pp. 535 - 540
Copyright
© 1978 Cambridge University Press

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