Connections are explored between spectral descriptions of turbulence and the mean velocity profile in the equilibrium layer of wall-bounded flows using a modeled budget for the co-spectral density. Using a standard model for the wall normal velocity variance and a Rotta-like return-to-isotropy closure for the pressure-strain effects, the co-spectrum is derived. The approach establishes a relation between the von Kármán (κ), one-dimensional Kolmogorov (CK '), and Rotta (A) constants, namely, κ=(4A/7CK')-3/4. Depending on the choices made about small-scale intermittency corrections, the logarithmic mean velocity profile or a power-law profile with an exponent that depends on the intermittency correction are derived thereby offering a new perspective on a long standing debate

Co-spectrum and mean velocity in turbulent boundary layers / Katul, Gabriel G.; Porporato, Amilcare; Manes, Costantino; Meneveau, Charles. - In: PHYSICS OF FLUIDS. - ISSN 1070-6631. - STAMPA. - 25:(2013). [10.1063/1.4821997]

Co-spectrum and mean velocity in turbulent boundary layers

MANES, COSTANTINO;
2013

Abstract

Connections are explored between spectral descriptions of turbulence and the mean velocity profile in the equilibrium layer of wall-bounded flows using a modeled budget for the co-spectral density. Using a standard model for the wall normal velocity variance and a Rotta-like return-to-isotropy closure for the pressure-strain effects, the co-spectrum is derived. The approach establishes a relation between the von Kármán (κ), one-dimensional Kolmogorov (CK '), and Rotta (A) constants, namely, κ=(4A/7CK')-3/4. Depending on the choices made about small-scale intermittency corrections, the logarithmic mean velocity profile or a power-law profile with an exponent that depends on the intermittency correction are derived thereby offering a new perspective on a long standing debate
2013
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