Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

The mixing transition in turbulent flows

2000; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 409; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0022112099007946

ISSN

1469-7645

Autores

Paul E. Dimotakis,

Tópico(s)

Wind and Air Flow Studies

Resumo

Data on turbulent mixing and other turbulent-flow phenomena suggest that a (mixing) transition, originally documented to occur in shear layers, also occurs in jets, as well as in other flows and may be regarded as a universal phenomenon of turbulence. The resulting fully-developed turbulent flow requires an outer-scale Reynolds number of Re = U δ/ v [gsim ] 1–2 × 10 4 , or a Taylor Reynolds number of Re T = u ′ λ T / v [gsim ] 100–140, to be sustained. A proposal based on the relative magnitude of dimensional spatial scales is offered to explain this behaviour.

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