Temperature dissipation measurements in a fully developed turbulent channel flow

All three derivatives of the temperature fluctuation θ in a fully developed turbulent channel flow have been measured using a pair of parallel cold wires with fixed separations in either the x (streamwise), y (normal to the wall) or z (spanwise) direction. At several locations, measurements were also made, each for a range of y separations between the wires. These latter measurements were important for establishing a suitable method of correcting the data for the effect of wire separation, thus allowing the fixed separation data to be corrected. In the near-wall region, the corrected temperature dissipation is in good agreement with results from direct numerical simulations. The time scale ratio deduced from measurements and simulations agrees well with the theoretical wall value.