An Intermittent High-Reynolds-Number Wind Tunnel

1977 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Stollery ◽  
A V Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
High Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Cryogenic Wind Tunnel ◽  
Performance Estimates

SummaryThe paper suggests a simple method of generating intermittent reservoir conditions for an intermittent, cryogenic wind tunnel. Approximate performance estimates are given and it is recommended that further studies be made because this type of tunnel could be valuable in increasing the opportunities for research at high Reynolds numbers.

Turbulent boundary layer statistics at very high Reynolds number

2015 ◽  
Vol 779 ◽  
pp. 371-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vallikivi ◽  
M. Hultmark ◽  
A. J. Smits
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
High Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Very High

Measurements are presented in zero-pressure-gradient, flat-plate, turbulent boundary layers for Reynolds numbers ranging from $\mathit{Re}_{{\it\tau}}=2600$ to $\mathit{Re}_{{\it\tau}}=72\,500$ ($\mathit{Re}_{{\it\theta}}=8400{-}235\,000$). The wind tunnel facility uses pressurized air as the working fluid, and in combination with MEMS-based sensors to resolve the small scales of motion allows for a unique investigation of boundary layer flow at very high Reynolds numbers. The data include mean velocities, streamwise turbulence variances, and moments up to 10th order. The results are compared to previously reported high Reynolds number pipe flow data. For $\mathit{Re}_{{\it\tau}}\geqslant 20\,000$, both flows display a logarithmic region in the profiles of the mean velocity and all even moments, suggesting the emergence of a universal behaviour in the statistics at these high Reynolds numbers.

High-Reynolds-Number Cryogenic Wind Tunnel

AIAA Journal ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL J. GOODYER ◽  
ROBERT A. KILGORE
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Cryogenic Wind Tunnel

scholarly journals Revisiting Batchelor's theory of two-dimensional turbulence

2007 ◽  
Vol 591 ◽  
pp. 379-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID G. DRITSCHEL ◽  
CHUONG V. TRAN ◽  
RICHARD K. SCOTT
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Mathematical Analysis ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Simple Modification ◽  
High Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Decaying Turbulence ◽  
High Reynolds

Recent mathematical results have shown that a central assumption in the theory of two-dimensional turbulence proposed by Batchelor (Phys. Fluids, vol. 12, 1969, p. 233) is false. That theory, which predicts a χ2/3k−1 enstrophy spectrum in the inertial range of freely-decaying turbulence, and which has evidently been successful in describing certain aspects of numerical simulations at high Reynolds numbers Re, assumes that there is a finite, non-zero enstrophy dissipation χ in the limit of infinite Re. This, however, is not true for flows having finite vorticity. The enstrophy dissipation in fact vanishes.We revisit Batchelor's theory and propose a simple modification of it to ensure vanishing χ in the limit Re → ∞. Our proposal is supported by high Reynolds number simulations which confirm that χ decays like 1/ln Re, and which, following the time of peak enstrophy dissipation, exhibit enstrophy spectra containing an increasing proportion of the total enstrophy 〈ω2〉/2 in the inertial range as Re increases. Together with the mathematical analysis of vanishing χ, these observations motivate a straightforward and, indeed, alarmingly simple modification of Batchelor's theory: just replace Batchelor's enstrophy spectrum χ2/3k−1 with 〈ω2〉 k−1 (ln Re)−1).

scholarly journals Experiments on the flow past a circular cylinder at very high Reynolds number

1961 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatol Roshko
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
A Value ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Very High

Measurements on a large circular cylinder in a pressurized wind tunnel at Reynolds numbers from 106 to 107 reveal a high Reynolds number transition in which the drag coefficient increases from its low supercritical value to a value 0.7 at R = 3.5 × 106 and then becomes constant. Also, for R > 3.5 × 106, definite vortex shedding occurs, with Strouhal number 0.27.

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