Author(s): Roger L. Hughes

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Keywords: Turbulence; von Karman's constant; shear stress

Abstract: One of the few fundamental constants in fluid mechanics is von Karman's constant governing many turbulent flows. Using an energy argument and mathematical symmetry it is argued here that von Karman's constant is κ = 0.414 (with derivable corrections for specific applications)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2007.9521792

Year: 2007