SCALING LAWS FOR FULLY-DEVELOPED TURBULENT-FLOW IN PIPES - DISCUSSIONOF EXPERIMENTAL-DATA

Authors
BARENBLATT GI CHORIN AJ PROSTOKISHIN VM
Citation
Gi. Barenblatt et al., SCALING LAWS FOR FULLY-DEVELOPED TURBULENT-FLOW IN PIPES - DISCUSSIONOF EXPERIMENTAL-DATA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 94(3), 1997, pp. 773-776
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
94
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
773 - 776
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1997)94:3<773:SLFFTI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We compare mean velocity profiles measured in turbulent pipe flows (an d also in boundary layer flows) with the predictions of a recently pro posed scaling law; in particular, we examine the results of the Prince ton ''superpipe'' experiment and assess their range of validity.