The ground turbulent boundary layer of a stationary tornado-like vortex1

S. W. Chi; S. J. Ying; C. C. Chang

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v21i5.10120

The ground turbulent boundary layer of a stationary tornado-like vortex1

Tellus

Volume 21 (1969): Issue 5

By: S. W. Chi, S. J. Ying and C. C. Chang

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|Jan 1969

Abstract

Recently, experimental data became available on the ground turbulent boundary layer of a model tornado vortex. A comparison with early theories of Weber, Anderson, Rott and Lewellen is made and it is found that the root-mean-square error seems great and justifies development of an improved theory with newly specified velocity profiles which are close to the experimental data. The dependence of the boundary layer development on the Reynolds number is explicitly shown. The present theory also extends to the useful Reynolds number range of the natural tornado.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v21i5.10120 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 693 - 700

Submitted on: Sep 9, 1968

Accepted on: Mar 10, 1969

Published on: Jan 1, 1969

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1969 S. W. Chi, S. J. Ying, C. C. Chang, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 21 (1969): Issue 5