Universality of probability density distributions in the overlap region in high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers
Universality of probability density distributions in the overlap region in high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1738416
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发表时间:
2004-06
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
B. Lindgren;A. Johansson;Y. Tsuji
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作者:
B. Lindgren;A. Johansson;Y. Tsuji
The probability density functions (PDFs) of the streamwise mean velocity in high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers have been studied. The hypothesis of self-similar, normalized with the root mean square velocity, PDFs has been tested using the KTH database of high Reynolds number zero pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer flow. The self-similarity was tested using the Kullback–Leibler divergence measure and it was found that the region of self-similar PDFs extends from about 160 viscous wall units to about 0.3 boundary layer thicknesses (in δ95). This region is somewhat larger than the universal overlap region. The PDF shape in the universal overlap region is close to Gaussian allowing for a Gram–Charlier expansion approximation of the measured PDFs. A remarkable collapse was found for 57 normalized PDF distributions for different positions within the universal overlap region and Reynolds numbers based on the momentum-loss thickness between 4300 and 12 600, strongly indicating a high degree o...