Reynolds number dependence, scaling, and dynamics of turbulent boundary layers

JC Klewicki - 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The past two decades (approximately 1990 to 2010) have witnessed an ever-quickening
pace of new findings pertaining to the Reynolds number dependencies, scaling, and …

On the logarithmic mean profile

J Klewicki, P Fife, T Wei - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2009 - cambridge.org
Elements of the first-principles-based theory of Wei et al.(J. Fluid Mech., vol. 522, 2005, p.
303), Fife et al.(Multiscale Model. Simul., vol. 4, 2005a, p. 936; J. Fluid Mech., vol. 532 …

New scaling laws for turbulent Poiseuille flow with wall transpiration

V Avsarkisov, M Oberlack, S Hoyas - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
A fully developed, turbulent Poiseuille flow with wall transpiration, ie uniform blowing and
suction on the lower and upper walls correspondingly, is investigated by both direct …

Self-similar mean dynamics in turbulent wall flows

JC Klewicki - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
This study investigates how and why dynamical self-similarities emerge with increasing
Reynolds number within the canonical wall flows beyond the transitional regime. An …

Couette-Poiseuille flow experiment with zero mean advection velocity: Subcritical transition to turbulence

L Klotz, G Lemoult, I Frontczak, LS Tuckerman… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
We present an experimental setup that creates a shear flow with zero mean advection
velocity achieved by counterbalancing the nonzero streamwise pressure gradient by moving …

Self-similarity in the inertial region of wall turbulence

J Klewicki, J Philip, I Marusic, K Chauhan… - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
The inverse of the von Kármán constant κ is the leading coefficient in the equation
describing the logarithmic mean velocity profile in wall bounded turbulent flows. Klewicki [J …

A universal velocity transformation for boundary layers with pressure gradients

PES Chen, W Wu, KP Griffin, Y Shi… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The logarithmic law of the wall does not capture the mean flow when a boundary layer is
subjected to a strong pressure gradient. In such a boundary layer, the mean flow is affected …

Mean force structure and its scaling in rough-wall turbulent boundary layers

F Mehdi, JC Klewicki, CM White - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
The combined roughness/Reynolds number problem is explored. Existing and newly
acquired data from zero pressure gradient rough-wall turbulent boundary layers are used to …

Mean dynamics of transitional boundary-layer flow

J Klewicki, R Ebner, X Wu - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2011 - cambridge.org
The dynamical mechanisms underlying the redistribution of mean momentum and vorticity
are explored for transitional two-dimensional boundary-layer flow at nominally zero pressure …

Scaling approaches to steady wall-induced turbulence

PC Fife - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.08740, 2023 - arxiv.org
The problem of discerning key features of steady turbulent flow adjacent to a wall has drawn
the attention of some of the most noted fluid dynamicists of all time. Standard examples of …