The comparison of a new theory of grid-produced turbulence with an experiment
Abstract
Nakagawa (1979) has solved the problem of grid-produced turbulence as an initial value problem. The turbulent energy decay law has been derived under the assumption that the turbulence behind the grid is isotropic and the pressure-velocity correlations are negligibly small. In the present investigation, the theory derived by Nakagawa in the earlier study is compared with an experiment conducted by Batchelor and Townsend (1948). It is found that the theory is applicable within a certain region for which the value of the distance from the grid lies in a certain range.
- Publication:
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Zeitschrift Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1002/zamm.19820620610
- Bibcode:
- 1982ZaMM...62..264N
- Keywords:
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- Boundary Value Problems;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Flow Theory;
- Turbulent Flow;
- Flow Velocity;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Turbulence;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer