The turbulent wall jet: a triple-layered structure and incomplete similarity.

Barenblatt, G I; Chorin, A J; Prostokishin, V M · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2005

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We demonstrate using the high-quality experimental data that turbulent wall jet flows consist of two self-similar layers: a top layer and a wall layer, separated by a mixing layer where the velocity is close to maximum. The top and wall layers are significantly different from each other, and both exhibit incomplete similarity, i.e., a strong influence of the width of the slot that had previously been neglected.