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A note on the vorticity spectrum

  • R. A. Antonia
  • , H. S. Shafi
  • , Y. Zhu
  • University of Newcastle

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Abstract

The vorticity spectrum has been inferred, using local isotropy, from measurements of the lateral vorticity components in a turbulent wake over a small Reynolds number range. The high wavenumber part of the spectrum supports Kolmogorov's [C. R. Akad. Sci. USSR 30, 301 (1941)] similarity theory. Among the different published analytical expressions for the three-dimensional energy spectrum, the model of Kida and Murakami [Phys. Fluids 30, 2030 (1987)] is closest to the present data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2196-2202
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1996
Externally publishedYes

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