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Mixing Length in the Wall Region of Turbulent Boundary Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

R A McD Galbraith ,
S Sjolander  and
M R Head
R A McD Galbraith
Affiliation:
Cambridge University, Engineering Department
S Sjolander
Affiliation:
Cambridge University, Engineering Department
M R Head
Affiliation:
Cambridge University, Engineering Department
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Summary

Evidence is presented to show that the universal law of the wall has a wider range of validity than the assumption l = ky, with k a universal constant. If an effective value of k is defined for the wall region its value is shown to vary between wide limits, and keff can be correlated with other parameters describing the flow in the wall region.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 97 - 110
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1977

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