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On the prediction of intermittent turbulent flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Paul A. Libby
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego

Abstract

In this paper we present a theoretical model which permits the conservation equations of fluid dynamics to be conditioned in a fashion analogous to the experimentalist's technique of ‘conditioned sampling’. The detailed analysis refers to the best-known sampling condition, outer-edge intermittency; but the model equation may be applicable to other flow situations, wherein condition- ing exposes details of the physical phenomena. The analysis results in predic- tions of the flow variables within the turbulent flow and of the intermittency. Comparison is made with two sets of experimental results for the two-dimensional mixing layer and with a boundary layer.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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