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In this chapter we describe some basic turbulent flows in detail, where the turbulence is generated by shear. These flows can be divided into two categories.
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For: \(u(y) = u_0(y/R)^{1/n}\) we find for a pipe flow that: \(U_b/u_0 = \frac{2n^2}{(2n+1)(n+1)}\).
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Nieuwstadt, F.T.M., Boersma, B.J., Westerweel, J. (2016). Turbulent Flows. In: Turbulence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31599-7_6
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