- Title
- On the outer layer controversy for a turbulent boundary layer over a rough wall
- Creator
- Antonia, Robert A.; Djenidi, Lyazid
- Relation
- IUTAM Symposium on the Physics of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows on Rough Walls. Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on The Physics of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows on Rough Walls (Cambridge, UK 7-9 July, 2009) p. 77-86
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9631-9_11
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- An impressive number of experimental and numerical studies of turbulent flows over rough walls has appeared over the last 20 years. Much useful information has been obtained in terms of the turbulence structure both near the roughness canopy and in the outer flow region. However, the issue of whether or not the outer region of the boundary layer is affected by the nature of the wall has yet to be resolved satisfactorily. While the available data, mostly at sufficiently large values of the Reynolds numbers and δ/k (δ and k are the boundary layer thickness and characteristic roughness height, respectively), seem to suggest that 3D and transverse 2D rough surfaces may affect the outer layer differently, this suggestion can only be tested rigorously once the measurement of the wall-normal velocity fluctuation over the transverse 2D roughness is improved. With the benefit of the channel flow DNS data, it is argued that, for this latter surface type, the wall shear stress, as inferred from the form drag or drag balance, has actually been measured reasonably accurately in the past.
- Subject
- boundary layer; drag balance; roughness canopy; rough walls; turbulence structure
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/933702
- Identifier
- uon:11696
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789048196302
- Language
- eng
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