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    Algebraic closure models applied to the two-dimensional turbulent classical far wake
    (2020) Born, Kendall
    The study of turbulence in fluids is of great importance because turbulence occurs in natural phenomena and has practical uses in industry. In this dissertation, a brief history of turbulence is presented. Particular attention is then paid to the two-dimensional turbulent classical wake and the various algebraic closure models used to complete the system of equations. The system of partial differential equations is reduced to a system of ordinary differential equations using the Lie point symmetry associated with the elementary conserved vector. When comparing with experimental results, the closure models considered consists of the constant eddy viscosity model, Prandtl’s mixing length model, and Prandtl’s improved mixing length model. The profile of the mean velocity deficit for each model is plotted on the same set of axes as the experimental profile. These profiles are compared to determine which closure model provides a better prediction of the velocity profile
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    Laminar wake flow behind a hump on a wall
    (2018) Julyan, Jonathan
    The laminar wake flow behind a hump on a solid wall boundary is investigated. A Blasius boundary layer flow is perturbed by the hump and a wake forms directly downstream. Triple deck theory is applied to the wake region and the flow is divided into three decks. The governing equations are derived for each deck for both the near and the far wake. Particular attention is paid to the role of the boundary layer displacement effect. The conservation laws and conserved quantities for the governing equations are derived. The multiplier method is applied to the linearised governing equations for small humps and a basis of conserved vectors is constructed. Since, in general, the problem contains an unknown non-homogeneous boundary condition, each conserved vector needs to be carefully chosen and additional restrictions need to be applied to ensure that each conserved quantity, which is obtained by integrating the corresponding conservation law across the wake and imposing the relevant boundary conditions, has a finite value. Four non-trivial conserved quantities are found; three of which have only now been identified. The four conserved quantities relate to the conservation of mass, drag and the first and second moments of the momentum deficit. For each case the existence of a solution that satisfies the governing equations, boundary conditions and a finite valued conserved quantity is discussed. The solution corresponding to the near wall-wake flow is further discussed. Although the far wall-wake does not satisfy a conserved quantity, for completeness, it is included in this work.
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