Shape factor of the turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate and the Reynolds shear stress in the outer region

Kumar, PP and Dey, J (2019) Shape factor of the turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate and the Reynolds shear stress in the outer region. In: Physical Review Fluids, 4 (2).

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Abstract

It has recently been shown by Wei and Klewicki Phys. Rev. Fluids 1, 082401 (2016)2469-990X10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.082401 that in a zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer flow, the product of the nondimensional free-stream velocities in the streamwise (U�+) and wall-normal (V�+) directions is the flow shape parameter (H): U�+V�+=H. It is suggested here that this result is a consequence of the variation of the Reynolds shear stress with U�V in the outer region of the boundary layer. © 2019 American Physical Society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Fluids
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to American Physical Society
Keywords:	Boundary layer flow; Boundary layers; Shear stress; Turbulence; Turbulent flow, Flat plate; Free-stream velocity; Nondimensional; Reynolds shear stress; Shape factor; Shape parameters; Turbulent boundary layers; Zero-pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer, Atmospheric thermodynamics
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2019 11:30
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2019 11:30
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/62013

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