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Eddy Viscosity in Turbulent Boundary Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

M R Head
M R Head*
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Cambridge University, Engineering Department
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Summary

Observed variations of eddy viscosity in the outer regions of turbulent boundary layers are here explained in terms of the reorientation and stretching of vortex elements. The explanation, which is purely qualitative, gives a clear and plausible physical picture.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , November 1976, pp. 270 - 276
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1976

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