On the variation of the turbulent prandtl number in shear flows

K. R. Sreenivasan; R. A. Antonia; A. J. Chambers

doi:10.1016/0735-1933(84)90056-3

On the variation of the turbulent prandtl number in shear flows

K. R. Sreenivasan, R. A. Antonia, A. J. Chambers

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Abstract

Although the rapid distortion formulation proposed by Townsend (1976) qualitatively describes the variation in the turbulent Prandtl number Pr_t among different shear flows, direct measurements of Pr_t indicate that the experimental variation of Pr_t is underestimated by his formulation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	497-501
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume	11
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-1933(84)90056-3
State	Published - 1984

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Chemical Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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