Abstract

Abstract : A study was made of the mean flow field of free turbulent layers of variable density showing that if the velocity distribution in a particular constant-density flow is known, it is possible to obtain the corresponding variable-density velocity field without the introduction of a compressible turbulent viscosity. This is accomplished by a Dorodnitsyn-Howarth type of transformation applied to the time-dependent equations of motion rather than to the mean equations of motion, as has been done previously. When the transformed equations are averaged, using Reynolds' method, the incompressible turbulent equations for the mean flow are obtained. These equations can then be handled by conventional methods. Predictions obtained by this procedure agree well with experimental results.

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