Structure and interpolation of the turbulent velocity profile in parallel flow

Abstract

The classical scaling theory of turbulent parallel flow provides a framework for the description of the mean velocity profile through two functions of one variable, traditionally named law of the wall and law of the wake, and a universal logarithmic law characterized by von Kármán's constant. Despite its widespread adoption in research and in teaching, discrepancies between this theory and both experiments and numerical simulations have been repeatedly observed in the literature. Recently we have shown that in the logarithmic layer such discrepancies can be physically interpreted and analytically accounted for through an equally universal correction caused by the pressure gradient. This finding opens the way to a likewise improvement in the description of the law of the wall and of the law of the wake, an analytical interpolation of either of which is often useful for practical applications.

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• Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow up to $R{e}_{\tau }\approx 5200$
• Universality of the turbulent velocity profile

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