Turbulent Flows

Stephen B. Pope
Cambridge University Press (2000)

Solution to Exercise 7.1

Prepared by: Renfeng Cao Date: 3/23/03

For laminar flow, Eq. (7.10) can be simplified to

dU (y)
τ = ρν . (1)
dy
Substituting the above equation into Eq. (7.13) and dividing both sides by
ρν, we obtain
dU (y) τw y
 
= 1− . (2)
dy ρν δ
Integrating Eq. (2) and rearranging the terms we obtain Eq. (7.16)
τw δ y y
 
U (y) = 2− . (3)
2ρν δ δ
Evaluating U (y) at y = δ we get
τw δ
U0 = . (4)
2ρν

Substituting Eq. (3) into Eq. (7.3) we can get Ū as

1 Z δ τw δ y y
 
Ū ≡ 2− dy
δ 0 2ρν δ δ
2 τw δ
=
3 2ρν
2
= U0 . (5)
3
By the definitions of Re and Re0 in Eqs. (7.1) and (7.2), we have

Re Ū 4
=2 = . (6)
Re0 U0 3

1
From Eq.(4) we obtain τρw = 2νU δ
0
. Substituting this formula into the defini-
tion of cf in Eq. (7.14), we obtain
.  2νU0 2 4
c f ≡ τw 1
2
ρU02 = 2
= . (7)
δ U0 Re

Similarly, from the definition of Cf in Eq. (7.15), we have

.  9
Cf ≡ τw 1
2
ρŪ 2 = . (8)
Re0
Then Eqs.(7.17 - 7.20), which are rewritten at following, can be very easily
obtained from Eqs.(4-8):
τw δ
U0 = = 32 Ū , (9)
2ρν

Re = 43 Re0 , (10)

4 16
cf = = , (11)
Re0 3Re
and
9 12
Cf = = . (12)
Re0 Re
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0 or send a letter to Cre-
ative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.