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Experimental results are presented for high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers. A flat plate zero pressure gradient layer has been studied in a new high Reynolds number boundary layer tunnel. Measurements were made of the mean flow in the Reynolds number range of 3.6 × 103 < R θ < 6.0 × 104 based on momentum thickness. The data supports the existence of a logarithmic law of the wall in the overlap region and constants κ= 0.41 and A = 5.0 are found to best fit the data.
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Jones, M.B., Nishizawa, N., Chong, M.S., Marusic, I. (2004). Scaling of the Turbulent Boundary Layer at High Reynolds Numbers. In: Smits, A.J. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Reynolds Number Scaling in Turbulent Flow. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0997-3_47
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