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The effects of pressure gradients on turbulent flow near a smooth wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

George L. Mellor
George L. Mellor
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton University
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Abstract

A dimensional argument is presented leading to a functional form for the effective viscosity which embraces the hypothesis of a previous paper (Mellor & Gibson 1966; hereafter referred to as paper A) in the defect portion of a turbulent boundary layer. The new argument also suggests a way of determining the effective viscosity in the viscous sublayer when the flow is subjected to mainstream pressure gradients.

It will be shown that the large wall-velocity profiles and the defect-velocity profiles automatically overlap, even in the absence of a logarithmic portion. It will be shown further that equilibrium flows are uniquely determined by β and R.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , February 1966 , pp. 255 - 274
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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