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Mean-Speed Measurements in Two-Dimensional, Incompressible, Fully-Developed Turbulent Channel Flow

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Skinner, George Tolmie (1951) Mean-Speed Measurements in Two-Dimensional, Incompressible, Fully-Developed Turbulent Channel Flow. Engineer's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/CGEH-Q720. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07092015-140302816

Abstract

Mean velocity profiles were measured in the 5” x 60” wind channel of the turbulence laboratory at the GALCIT, by the use of a hot-wire anemometer. The repeatability of results was established, and the accuracy of the instrumentation estimated. Scatter of experimental results is a little, if any, beyond this limit, although some effects might be expected to arise from variations in atmospheric humidity, no account of this factor having been taken in the present work. Also, slight unsteadiness in flow conditions will be responsible for some scatter.

Irregularities of a hot-wire in close proximity to a solid boundary at low speeds were observed, as have already been found by others.

That Kármán’s logarithmic law holds reasonably well over the main part of a fully developed turbulent flow was checked, the equation u/ut = 6.0 + 6.25 log10 yut/v being obtained, and, as has been previously the case, the experimental points do not quite form one straight line in the region where viscosity effects are small. The values of the constants for this law for the best over-all agreement were determined and compared with those obtained by others.

The range of Reynolds numbers used (based on half-width of channel) was from 20,000 to 60,000.

Item Type:Thesis (Engineer's thesis)
Subject Keywords:Aeronautical Engineering
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:Aeronautics
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Liepmann, Hans Wolfgang
Group:GALCIT
Thesis Committee:
  • Unknown, Unknown
Defense Date:1 January 1951
Record Number:CaltechTHESIS:07092015-140302816
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07092015-140302816
DOI:10.7907/CGEH-Q720
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ID Code:9055
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
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Deposited On:09 Jul 2015 21:55
Last Modified:04 May 2023 18:39

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