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- Letter
Incorporating intrinsic compressibility effects in velocity transformations for wall-bounded turbulent flows
Phys. Rev. Fluids 8, L112601 – Published 9 November, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.L112601
Abstract
A transformation that relates a compressible wall-bounded turbulent flow with nonuniform fluid properties to an equivalent incompressible flow with uniform fluid properties is derived and validated. The transformation accounts for both variable-property and intrinsic compressibility effects, the latter being the key improvement over the current state of the art. The importance of intrinsic compressibility effects contradicts the renowned Morkovin's hypothesis.
