Analytical Solution for Turbulent Flow in Channel

Abstract

In this work the exact and approximate analytical solution of the GHE for turbulent flow in channel are presented. It was discovered first by numerical simulations, Fedoseyev and Alexeev (2010), and now the explicit formula are obtained. The solution is a superposition of the laminar (parabolic) and turbulent (superexponential) solutions. The analytical solution compares well with the experimental data by Van Doorne (2007) for axial velocity and data by Nikuradse (1933) for axial velocity, for flows in pipes. It is proposed to explain the nature of turbulence as oscillations between the laminar (parabolic) and turbulent (superexponential) solutions. Good comparison of the analytical formula, a difference of the parabolic and superexponential solutions, for turbulent velocity fluctuations with the experiment by Van Doorne (2007) confirmed this suggestion. The Navier-Stokes equations do not have the superexponential solution. The obtained analytical solution provides a complete structure of the turbulent boundary layer that compares well with the experiments by Wei and Willmarth (1989). It also presents an explicit verifiable proof that Alexeev's generalized hydrodynamic theory (GHE) is in close agreement with experiments for turbulent flows.