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A numerical experiment on measured velocity distributions of turbulent pipe flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. C. Gibbings
J. C. Gibbings*
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Liverpool
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The log-law for the turbulent flow in a smooth pipe is written as:

With uT determined from the pressure drop along the pipe, the measured velocity distribution can readily be used to determine values of K and B. Alternatively, the power-law variation is written as:

involving again two constants, to be similarly determined.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 84 , Issue 839 , December 1980 , pp. 434 - 440
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1980 

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