Studies of the Wall Shear Stress in a Turbulent Pulsating Pipe Flow
Mao, Zhuo-Xiong
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Description
Title
Studies of the Wall Shear Stress in a Turbulent Pulsating Pipe Flow
Author(s)
Mao, Zhuo-Xiong
Issue Date
1984
Department of Study
Chemical Engineering
Discipline
Chemical Engineering
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Engineering, Chemical
Abstract
Measurements are presented of the time variation of the wall shear stress caused by the imposition of a sinusoidal oscillation on a turbulent pipe flow. The amplitude of the oscillation is small enough that a linear response is obtained and the dimensionless frequency, (omega)('+), is large compared to that studied by most previous investigators. The most striking feature of the results is a relaxation effect, similar to what has been observed for flow over a wavy surface, whereby the phase angle characterizing the temporal variation of the wall shear stress undergoes a sharp change over a rather narrow range of (omega)('+). At (omega)('+) larger than the median frequency of the turbulence there appears to be an interaction between the imposed flow oscillation and the turbulence fluctuations in the viscous sublayer, which is not described by present theories of turbulence.
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