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Spectral derivation of the classic laws of wall-bounded turbulent flows
Gustavo Gioia1, Pinaki Chakraborty1
1Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
Abstract:
We show that the classic laws of the mean-velocity profiles (MVPs) of wall-bounded turbulent flows-the 'law of the wall,' the 'defect law' and the 'log law'-can be predicated on a sufficient condition with no manifest ties to the MVPs, namely that viscosity and finite turbulent domains have a depressive effect on the spectrum of turbulent energy. We also show that this sufficient condition is consistent with empirical data on the spectrum and may be deemed a general property of the energetics of wall turbulence. Our findings shed new light on the physical origin of the classic laws and their immediate offshoot, Prandtl's theory of turbulent friction.
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