Turbulent Flows

Stephen B. Pope
Cambridge University Press (2000)

Solution to Exercise 10.3

Prepared by: Zhuyin Ren Date: 3/27/03

a) Consider the log-law region of a wall-bounded turbulent flow. The

turbulent viscosity hypothesis say
∂hU i
−huvi = νT . (1)
∂y

With νT = ck 1/2 `m , we get

∂hU i
huvi = −ck 1/2 `m . (2)
∂y

According to the log-law

1
u+ = ln y + + B (3)
κ
y uτ y hU i
q
τw ν
where y + = δν
= ν
, uτ = ρ
, δν = uτ
and u+ = uτ
, we get

∂hU i uτ 2 du+ uτ 2
= =
∂y ν dy + νκy +
uτ
= . (4)
κy

Substituting Eq. 4 into Eq. 2, we get

huvi = −ck 1/2 `m uτ /(κy). (5)

In the log-law region of a wall-bounded turbulent flow, huvi ≈ −τw /ρ,

so
uτ = |huvi|1/2 . (6)

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 Substituting Eq. 6 into Eq. 5 and using `m = κy, we get

c = |huvi/k|1/2 . (7)

And in the log-law refion of a wall-bounded flow, c ≈ 0.55.

i
b) Given P = ε and P = −huvi ∂hU
∂y
, we get

∂hU i
−huvi = ε. (8)
∂y

Substituting Eq. 4 into 8 and using Eq. 6, we get

uτ |huvi|3/2
ε = |huvi| = . (9)
κy κy
Using Eq.7 and `m = κy, we finally get

c3 k 3/2
ε= . (10)
`m

c3 k3/2
c) With ε = `m
, we get

νT = ck 1/2 `m = ck 1/2 c3 k 3/2 /ε = c4 k 2 /ε. (11)

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