Experiments on the Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Thin Cylinder Rotating in an Axial Flow. 1st Report. Properties of Mean Flow and Turbulence.

Abstract

The mean velocity and turbulent field in a three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer on a thin cylinder rotating in a uniform stream are examined experimentally. Measurements of mean velocity and all Reynolds stresses are made by means of a single rotatable hot-wire method. Mean velocity distribution is well represented in the relative main flow direction with respect to the rotating cylinder by a logarithmic law deduced in an earlier study. Johnston's logarithmic law for 3-D turbulent boundary layers also accurately describes the present flow. Although turbulent intensities and Reynolds stresses all increased with rotation speed of the cylinder, their distributions are well represented by non-dimensionalization using the resultant velocity of the main flow and the peripheral velocity of the cylinder. Both eddy viscosities and mixing lengths increase with the rotation speed, and there is no evidence of isotropic eddy viscosity.