Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1999-09-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
7 pages, no figures, simple latex format
Scientific paper
In the turbulent boundary layer above a flat plate, the velocity profile is known to have the form v=v_0[(1/\kappa) ln z + constant]. The distance from the wall in dimensionless units is z and v_0 is an uniquely defined velocity scale. The number \kappa is universal and measurements over several decades have shown that it is nearly 0.42. We use a randomly stirred model of turbulence to derive the above law and find \kappa=\sqrt{\frac{108} {125 \pi}} \simeq 0.52.
Bhattacharjee Jayanta K.
Chattopadhyay Amit Kr.
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