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Reynolds stress scaling in the near-wall region of wall-bounded flows

Smits, Alexander J.; Hultmark, Marcus; Lee, Myoungkyu N.; Pirozzoli, Sergio; Wu, Xiaohua

A new scaling is derived that yields a Reynolds-number-independent profile for all components of the Reynolds stress in the near-wall region of wall-bounded flows, including channel, pipe and boundary layer flows. The scaling demonstrates the important role played by the wall shear stress fluctuations and how the large eddies determine the Reynolds number dependence of the near-wall turbulence behaviour.