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L.F. Richardson
Big whirls create little whirls which feed
on their velocities, little whirls make
lesser whirls and so on to viscosity
Length Scales in Turbulent Flows
= Dissipation rate
scales
( )1/4
per unit mass ( K .E . / mass . sec)
Length Scales in Turbulent Flows
U >> u >>
L >> l >>
u u 3
u . =
2
l l
Using this relationship, the u,l and vel, scales can be
related
Pipe Flow
UD
Re D = = 10 6
Rl3/4 U D
l
u 0.1U
ul
Rl = l 0.1 D
U=10 m/sec,
Rl = 10 4
Rl1/4 If D=10 cm,
u 10 4 D
=10
= 10-6 m2/sec