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Combined dye-streak and hydrogen-bubble visual observations of a turbulent boundary layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

G. R. Offen  and
S. J. Kline
G. R. Offen
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California
S. J. Kline
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California
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Abstract

The turbulent boundary layer over a flat plate was observed visually using two dye injectors and a normal bubble wire. One dye injector was a standard wall slot; the other one was a small Pitot probe which could be placed anywhere in the flow. The purpose of these experiments was to improve understanding of the relationships between the bursting of low-speed streaks near the wall and the flow field farther away from the wall.

On the basis of these observations, it seems that (i) each lift-up is associated with a disturbance which originates in the logarithmic region and is characterized by a mean motion towards the wall, and that (ii) such disturbances are generated by the interaction of an earlier burst from further upstream with the fluid motion in the logarithmic region.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , 23 January 1974 , pp. 223 - 239
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© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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