Further support for Townsend's Reynolds number similarity hypothesis in high Reynolds number rough-wall pipe flow

Gary J. Kunkel, James J. Allen, Alexander J. Smits

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Abstract

Measurements of turbulence behavior in high Reynolds number fully developed rough-wall pipe flow are presented. The data are acquired with single-component conventional hot-wire anemometry in the Princeton/ONR Superpipe fitted with a honed rough pipe. Streamwise turbulence intensities, higher-order moments, and spectra are compared with the corresponding results from a previous smooth-wall pipe flow study in the same facility. Accepting the experimental challenges of conducting hot-wire anemometry studies in such a facility, the rough-wall data agree well with the smooth-wall data in the outer region of the flow, strongly supporting Townsend's Reynolds number similarity hypothesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number055109
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume19
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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