Abstract
Similarity solutions are determined for the turbulent wake of a self-propelled body (thrust = drag). The momentumless wake is shown to behave in a manner intermediate to homogeneous grid turbulence and more familiar free-shear flows such as the drag wake or jet. In essence the decay of momentumless-wake turbulence is similar to that of grid turbulence, but proceeds at a somewhat greater rate owing to lateral diffusion. The mean velocity difference is coupled to the difference$\overline{u^2}-\overline{v^2}$between the axial and radial components of the mean-square fluctuating velocity. It is necessary to consider governing relations for various second-order turbulence quantities. Previously developed closure approximations yield far-wake decay rates that agree well with available measurements. Production of turbulent energy is negligible asymptotically; thus there is no balance between production and dissipation, and the far-wake behaviour does not become independent of the initial (near-wake) conditions. Even the radial profiles depend on the initial conditions, and there is no natural length scale with which to characterize the far wake.
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