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Decay of a Velocity Maximum in a Turbulent Boundary Layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

M. P. Escudier ,
W. B. Nocoll ,
D. B. Spalding  and
J. H. Whitelaw
M. P. Escudier
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology
W. B. Nocoll
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology
D. B. Spalding
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology
J. H. Whitelaw
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology
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The paper describes an “explicit” method of predicting the flow properties of a turbulent boundary layer; particular attention is paid to the region in which the growth of the layer is characterised by the decay of a velocity maximum. The validity of the method is tested against the data of Wieghardt and against new data of the present authors; it is shown to be satisfactory. The integral flow properties predicted by the method are used, together with a further assumption, to predict velocity profiles; these closely resemble the measured ones.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , May 1967 , pp. 121 - 132
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1967

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