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Self-Similarity Of Mean Flow In Pipe Turbulence, Junke Guo
Self-Similarity Of Mean Flow In Pipe Turbulence, Junke Guo
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications
Based on our previous modified log-wake law in turbulent pipe ‡flows, we invent two compound similarity numbers (Y;U), where Y is a combination of the inner variable y+ and outer variable , and U is the pure exect of the wall. The two similarity numbers can well collapse mean velocity profile data with different moderate and large Reynolds numbers into a single universal profile. We then propose an arctangent law for the buffer layer and a general log law for the outer region in terms of (Y;U). From Milikan’s maximum velocity law and the Princeton superpipe data, we derive the …