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 language | English (US) |
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Article number | 055109 |
Journal | Physics of Fluids |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes