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Effect of spanwise probe volume length on laser velocimeter measurements in wall bounded turbulent flows

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Abbreviations

B :

constant in Spalding's law of the wall = 6.0

d :

diameter of probe volume

I :

spanwise length of probe volume

P :

static pressure

u′:

streamwise RMS velocity

u τ :

shear velocity

x :

streamwise direction

y :

direction normal to wall

χ:

Von Karman constant = 0.41

ν:

kinematic viscosity

+:

normalized withu τ and ν

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    T. S. Luchik & W. G. Tiederman

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Luchik, T.S., Tiederman, W.G. Effect of spanwise probe volume length on laser velocimeter measurements in wall bounded turbulent flows. Experiments in Fluids 3, 339–341 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01830192

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