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Start date: 1995 × Type: Journal Article × Subject: boundary layers ×

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    Streamwise turbulence intensity formulation for flat-plate boundary layers
    Marusic, I ; Kunkel, GJ (AMER INST PHYSICS, 2003-08)
    A similarity formulation is proposed to describe the streamwise turbulence intensity across the entire smooth-wall zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer. The formulation is an extension of the Marusic, Uddin, and Perry [Phys. Fluids 9, 3718 (1997)] formulation that was restricted to the outer region of the boundary layer, including the logarithmic region. The new formulation is found to agree very well with experimental data over a large range of Reynolds numbers varying from laboratory to atmospheric flows. The formulation is founded on physical arguments based on the attached eddy hypothesis, and suggests that the boundary layer changes significantly with Reynolds number, with an outer flow influence felt all the way down to the viscous sublayer. The formulation may also be used to explain why the empirical mixed scaling of DeGraaff and Eaton [J. Fluid Mech. 422, 319 (2000)] appears to work.
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    A predictive inner-outer model for streamwise turbulence statistics in wall-bounded flows
    Mathis, R ; Hutchins, N ; Marusic, I (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2011-08)
    A model is proposed with which the statistics of the fluctuating streamwise velocity in the inner region of wall-bounded turbulent flows are predicted from a measured large-scale velocity signature from an outer position in the logarithmic region of the flow. Results, including spectra and all moments up to sixth order, are shown and compared to experimental data for zero-pressure-gradient flows over a large range of Reynolds numbers. The model uses universal time-series and constants that were empirically determined from zero-pressure-gradient boundary layer data. In order to test the applicability of these for other flows, the model is also applied to channel, pipe and adverse-pressure-gradient flows. The results support the concept of a universal inner region that is modified through a modulation and superposition of the large-scale outer motions, which are specific to the geometry or imposed streamwise pressure gradient acting on the flow.