A new model for turbulent flows in porous media developed in an accompanying paper [F.E. Teruel, Rizwan-uddin, A new turbulence model for porous media flows. Part I: Constitutive equations and model closure, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer (2009), doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.04.017.], in which new definitions of the macroscopic turbulence quantities are introduced, is analyzed and validate...

The primary research goal is to develop techniques to determine subsurface turbulence from remote measurements using infrared imaging of the skin layer. We aim to infer flow rate, turbulence intensity and subsurface-generated turbulent structures from surface temperature patterns. We will take advantage of the two complementary indicators of subsurface flow provided by IR imagery: the thermal s...

Using existing heat transfer data, a relatively simple expression was developed for estimating the effective thickness of the boundary layer of air surrounding cylinders. For wind velocities from 10 to 1000 cm/second, the calculated boundary-layer thickness agreed with that determined for water vapor diffusion from a moistened cylindrical surface 2 cm in diameter. It correctly predicted the res...

A theory of the effect of the geodesic acoustic mode !GAM" on turbulence is presented. Two synergistic issues are elucidated: namely, the physics of the zonal flow modulation and its role in the L-H transition, and the role of the GAM wave group propagation in turbulence spreading. Using a wavekinetic modulational analysis, the response of the turbulence intensity field to the GAM is calculated...

The turbulent dispersion of non-evaporating droplets in an axisymmetric round jet issuing from a nozzle is investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The experimental data set has a well-defined inlet boundary with low turbulence intensity at the nozzle exit, so that droplet dispersion is not affected by the transport of nozzle-generated fluctuating motion into the jet, and is influenc...

Oyster larvae (Crassostrea virginica) could enhance their settlement success by moving toward the seafloor in the strong turbulence associated with coastal habitats. We characterized the behavior of individual oyster larvae in grid-generated turbulence by measuring larval velocities and flow velocities simultaneously using infrared particle image velocimetry. We estimated larval behavioral velo...

Measurements of mean velocity, turbulence intensity, and turbulent shear stresses are presented for the mixing region of a film cooling situation in which the coolant is laterally injected. Measurements are performed using triple-wire anemometry so that all three mean velocity components are documented. Such measurements also give Reynolds stress terms in the flow field. Flow with one row of fi...

Measurements of intensity and polarization of diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission as well as starlight polarization reveal power law spectra of fluctuations. We show that these fluctuations can arise from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the Galactic disk and halo. To do so we take into account the converging geometry of lines of sight for the observations when the observer is within t...

The paper describes an observer capable of detecting the impingement on a wind turbine rotor of the wake of an upstream machine. The observer estimates the local wind speed and turbulence intensity on the left and right parts of the rotor disk. The estimation is performed based on blade loads measured by strain gages or optical fibers, sensors which are becoming standard equipment on many moder...

We investigate spatial resolution issues in hot-wire anemometry measurements of turbulence intensity and energy spectra. Single normal hot-wire measurements are simulated by means of filtering direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent channel flow at Res 1⁄4 934. Through analysis of the two-dimensional energy spectra from the DNS, the attenuation of the small-scale energy levels is documen...