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Turbulent boundary layer at low Reynolds number

L. P. Purtell, +2 more
- 01 May 1981 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 5, pp 802-811
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The results of an experimental investigation of a turbulent boundary layer with zero-pressure gradient directed toward extending the data base at low Reynolds numbers are presented in this article, where the data obtained are concerned primarily with mean velocity distributions, skin-friction coefficients, and distributions of intensity of the longitudinal component of the turbulent velocity fluctuations for Reynolds numbers based on momentum thickness as low as 465.
Abstract
The results of an experimental investigation of a turbulent boundary layer with zero‐pressure gradient directed toward extending the data base at low Reynolds numbers are presented. The data obtained are concerned primarily with mean‐velocity distributions, skin‐friction coefficients, and distributions of intensity of the longitudinal‐component of the turbulent‐velocity fluctuations for Reynolds numbers based on momentum thickness as low as 465. The validity, at low Reynolds numbers, of the semi‐empirical laws characterizing the inner and outer regions of the boundary layer is examined.

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