Some Results Based on Near-wall Turbulence |
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Authors: | HD PASINATO |
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Institution: | Dpto. Mecánica Aplicada , Universidad Nacional del Comahue , Calle Buenos Aires 1400, Neuquen, 8300, Argentina |
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Abstract: | In this paper some results based on the near-wall mean characteristics of a bounded turbulent flow are presented. In the study empirical polynomials and experimental data for an attached wall-bounded flow are used with the objective of studying the time-scales similarities in the very-near-wall region. As a result of this analysis a new parameter to characterize the high to low-Reynolds turbulence transition in the context of turbulence models is proposed. A relation for the Reynolds stress in the buffer region is also proposed, which allows a mean velocity profile through the buffer region to be obtained. This mean velocity profile joins the logarithmic ones at the beginning of the inertial sub-layer and fits appropriately to experimental data. Another result derived from the previous analysis is an expression for the eddy viscosity through the very-near-wall region. Comparison of this expression with those relations used by four known low-Reynolds models reveals that it has a very good performance. |
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Keywords: | Near-wall turbulence Turbulence modeling Incompressible flow |
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