The Turbulent Wall Jet: A Triple-Layered Structure and Incomplete Similarity

by G. I. Barenblatt, A. J. Chorin, & V. M. Prostokishin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 21 Jun 2005 We demonstrate using the high-quality experimental data that turbulent wall jet flows consist of two self-similar layers: a top layer and a wall layer, separated by a mixing layer where the velocity is close to maximum. The top and wall layers are significantly different from each other, and both exhibit incomplete similarity, i.e., a strong influence of the width of the slot that had previously been neglected. Read more