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Low-Reynolds-number effects in a zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer have been investigated using a two-component LDV system. The momentum thickness Reynolds number R θ is in the range 400 to 1320. The wall shear stress is determined from the mean velocity gradient close to the wall, allowing scaling on wall variables of the inner region of the layer to be examined unambiguously. The results indicate that, for the present R θ range, this scaling is not appropriate. The effect of R θ on the Reynolds normal and shear stresses is felt within the sublayer. Outside the buffer layer, the mean velocity is more satisfactorily described by a power-law than by a logarithmic distribution.
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Ching, C.Y., Djenidi, L. & Antonia, R.A. Low-Reynolds-number effects in a turbulent boundary layer. Experiments in Fluids 19, 61–68 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192235
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