Turbulent flow in smooth and rough pipes

DOI10.1098/rsta.2006.1939zbMath1152.76403OpenAlexW2121618672WikidataQ50708020 ScholiaQ50708020MaRDI QIDQ5301928

James J. Allen, Gary J. Kunkel, M. A. Shockling, Alexander Smits

Publication date: 20 January 2009

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2006.1939

zbMATH Keywords

roughnessturbulencepipe flowReynolds number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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Cites Work

• Experimental support for Townsend’s Reynolds number similarity hypothesis on rough walls
• Evaluation of a universal transitional resistance diagram for pipes with honed surfaces