Date Available
11-2-2011
Year of Publication
2011
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
Document Type
Thesis
College
Engineering
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Sean Bailey
Abstract
An experimental investigation into fully developed high aspect ratio channels was undertaken. A review of the literature reveals that there is a need for accurate measurement of the inner peak value of streamwise turbulence intensity despite the large number of studies already completed. The scattered data on this subject could be attributed either to insufficient channel size (aspect ratio or length) or to hot-wire spatial filtering.
A new, high quality, channel flow facility was designed and constructed, considering the most recent geometric limitation provided in the literature. To obtain accurate results, data were acquired using hot-wire probes with constant viscous-scale sensing length and were corrected using the most recent correction formula proposed by Smits et al. (2011). The results show dependence of inner peak value on Reynolds number in channels flow - its magnitude increasing with increasing Reynolds number.
Recommended Citation
Estejab, Bahareh, "AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REYNOLDS NUMBER DEPENDENCE OF THE NEAR-WALL PEAK IN CANONICAL WALL BOUNDED TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOW" (2011). University of Kentucky Master's Theses. 144.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/144
