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HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER TURBULENCE

Langelandsvik, L. I., Kunkel, G. J. and Smits, A. J., “Flow in a commercial steel pipe.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 595, pp. 323-339, 2008.
 
Bailey, S. C. C., Hultmark, M. N., Smits, A. J. and Schultz, M. P. “Two-point velocity measurements in turbulent pipe flow,” Submitted Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
 
Allen, J., Shockling, M., Kunkel, G. J. and Smits, A. J. “Turbulent Flow in Smooth and Rough Pipes.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 365 (1852) pp. 699-714, 2007.
 
Zhao, R. and Smits, A. J., “Wall-normal turbulence statistics in high Reynolds number pipe flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 576, pp. 457-473, 2007.
 
Kunkel, G. J., Allen, J. J. and Smits, A. J. “Further support for Townsend's Reynolds number similarity hypothesis in high Reynolds number rough pipe flow.” Physics of Fluids. 19, 055109, 2007
 
Pepe, R. L., Schultz, M. P., Bailey, S., Hultmark, M. and Smits, A.J. “Turbulent Flow in a Commercial Steel Pipe,” 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 3-7 December 2007.
 
Shockling, M. A., Allen, J. J. and Smits, A. J., “Roughness effects in turbulent pipe flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 564, pp. 267-285, 2006.
 
Kunkel, G. J. and Smits, A. J., “Turbulence characteristics in high-Reynolds-number rough-wall pipe flow,” AIAA Paper 2006-2884, 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2006.
 
McKeon, B. J., Zagarola, M. V. and Smits, A. J., “A new friction factor relationship for turbulent pipe flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 538, pp. 429-443, 2005.
 
Allen, J. J., Shockling, M. A. and Smits, A. J., “Evaluation of a universal transitional resistance diagram for pipes with honed surfaces.” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 17, 121702, 2005.
 
Smits A. J., Shockling, M. and Allen, J. “Turbulent Flow in Smooth and Rough Pipes,” AIAA Paper 2005-4807, 35th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 6-9 June 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 
McKeon, B. J., Li, J., Jiang, W., Morrison, J. F. and Smits, A. J., “Further Observations on the Mean Velocity in Fully-Developed Pipe Flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 501, pp. 135-147, 2004.
 
Marusic, I, Kunkel, G. J., Zhao, R. and Smits, A. J., “Turbulence Intensity Similarity Formulations for Wall-Bounded Flows,” Advances in Turbulence X, Proceedings of the Tenth European Turbulence Conference. H. I. Andersson and P.-A. Krogstad (Eds.) CIMNE, Barcelona 2004. 
 
Morrison, J. F., McKeon, B. J., Jiang, W. and Smits, A. J., “Scaling of the streamwise velocity components in turbulent pipe flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 508, pp. 99-131, 2004.
 
McKeon, B. J., Swanson, C. J., Zagarola, M. V., Donnelly R. M. and Smits, A. J., “Friction factors for smooth pipe flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 511, pp. 41-44, 2004.
 
Delo, C., Kelso, R.M. and Smits, A.J., “Three-Dimensional Structure of a Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layer.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 512, pp. 47-83, 2004.
 
Allen, J.J., Shockling, M.A. and Smits, A.J., “Effects of a machined rough surface on high Reynolds number pipe flow,” 15th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13-17 December 2004.
 
Marusic, I, Kunkel, G. J., Zhao, R. and Smits, A. J., “Turbulence Intensity Similarity Formulations for Wall-Bounded Flows,” 10th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, 29 June - 2 July 2004, Trondheim, Norway.
 
McKeon, B. J., Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., Li, J. and Smits, A. J. “Revised log-law constants for fully-developed turbulent pipe flow,” Reynolds Number Scaling in Turbulence, Ed. A. J. Smits, Kluwer, 2003.
 
Zhao, R. and Smits, A.J., “Preliminary Crossed Hot-wire Measurement in High Reynolds Number Turbulent Pipe Flow,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Washington, D.C., November 16-21, 2003.
 
Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., McKeon, B. J. and Smits, A. J., “Reynolds-number dependence of streamwise velocity spectra in turbulent pipe flow.” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 88, #21, pp. 214501-214504, 2002.
 
McKeon, B. J., Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., Li, J. and Smits, A. J., "Additional Measurements and Analysis of High Reynolds Number Fully-Developed Pipe Flow." Advances in Turbulence IX, Proceedings of the Ninth European Turbulence Conference, Eds. I.P. Castro, P.E. Hancock, and T.G. Thomas, CIMNE, Barcelona, 2002.
 
McKeon, B. J., Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., Li, J. and Smits, A. J., "Additional Measurements and Analysis of High Reynolds Number Fully-Developed Pipe Flow" Ninth European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, 2002.
 
Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., McKeon, B. J. and Smits, A. J., "Reynolds-number dependence of streamwise velocity fluctuations in turbulent pipe flow" AIAA paper #2002-0574, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 14-17, 2002.
 
Morrison, J. F., Jiang, W., McKeon, B. J. and Smits, A. J., “Reynolds-number dependence of streamwise velocity fluctuations in turbulent pipe flow,” Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena Symposium TSFP-2, 27-29 June, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden.
 
Smits, A.J. and Delo, C. “Self-Sustaining Mechanisms of Wall Turbulence,” XVII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, 5-9 June 2000, Sitges, Spain.
 
McKeon, B., Allen, J. and Smits, A.J. “Experiments in the Princeton/ONR High Reynolds Number Test Facility (HRTF),” European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, 2000.
 
Smits, A.J. and Marusic, I. “High Reynolds Number Flows – A Challenge for Experiment and Simulation,” AIAA Paper #99-3530, 30th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Norfolk, VA, June 28-July 1, 1999.
 
Zagarola, M.V. and Smits, A.J., “Mean Flow Scaling of Turbulent Pipe Flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 373, pp. 33-79, 1998.
 
Smits, A.J. and Zagarola, M.V., “Response to ‘Scaling of the intermediate region in wall-bounded turbulence: The power law’ [Phys. Fluids 10, 1043 (1998)],” Phys. Fluids, Vol. 10, (4) pp. 1045—1046, 1998.
 
Smits, A.J. and Zagarola, M.V. “High Reynolds Number Turbulent Flows,” International Symposium on Seawater Drag Reduction, July 22-July 24, 1998.
 
Smits, A.J. and Delo, C. “Summary and Appraisal of Self-Sustaining Mechanisms of Wall Turbulence I,” AIAA paper #98-2964, 29th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 15-June 18, 1998.
 
Zagarola, M.V. and Smits, A.J. “A New Mean Velocity Scaling for Turbulent Boundary Layers,” ASME paper FEDSM98-4950, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Washington, DC, June 21-June 25, 1998.
 
Zagarola, M.V., Smits, A.J., “Scaling of the Mean Velocity Profile for Turbulent Pipe Flow.” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 78, No. 1, pp.239-242, 1997.
 
Delo, C.. and Smits, A.J., “Volumetric Visualization of Coherent Structure in a Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layer.” International Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 1, 1997.
 
Zagarola, M.V., A.E. Perry and Smits, A.J., “Log Laws or Power Laws: The Scaling in the Overlap Region.” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 9 (7), pp. 2094-2100, 1997.
 
Zagarola, M.V. and Smits, A.J., “Scaling of the Mean Velocity Profile for Turbulent Pipe Flow.” AIAA paper #97-0649, 35th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 6 - 9, 1997.
 
Zagarola, M.V. and Smits, A.J., “The Mean Velocity Profile in Turbulent Pipe Flow.” International Workshop on Ultra-High Reynolds Number Flows, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, June 18 - 20, 1996.
 
Zagarola, M.V. and Smits, A.J., “Experiments in High Reynolds Number Turbulent Pipe Flow.” AIAA paper #96-0654, 34th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 15 - 18, 1996.
 
Goldstein, J. and Smits, A.J., “Flow Visualization of the Three-Dimensional, Time-Evolving Structure of a Turbulent Boundary Layer.” Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 577-587, Feb. 1994.
 
Zagarola, M.V. and Smits, A.J., “Experiments in High Reynolds Number Turbulent Pipe Flow.” Proceedings Lattice Gas Conference, 1994.
 
Delo, C. and Smits, A.J., “Visualization of the Three-Dimensional, Time-Evolving Scalar Concentration Field in a Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layer.” Proceedings International Conference on Near-Wall Turbulent Flows, Tempe, Arizona, March 15-17, 1993. Published by Elsevier, 1993.
 
Delo, C. and Smits, A.J., “Three-Dimensional, Time-Resolved Visualization of a Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layer.” Proceedings Eleventh Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, December 14-18, 1992.
 
Smith, R.W. and Smits, A.J., “Effect of Reynolds Number on the Large Structure of Turbulent Boundary Layers,” AIAA Paper #91-0526, AIAA 29th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 1991.
 
Smits, A.J., Spina, E.F., Alving, A.E., Smith, R.W., Fernando, E.M. and Donovan, J.F., “A Comparison of the Turbulence Structure of Subsonic and Supersonic Boundary Layers”, The Physics of Fluids A, Vol.1(11), pp.1865-1875, Nov. 1989.
 
Smits, A.J., Alving, A.E., Smith, R.W., Spina, E.F., Fernando, E.M. and Donovan, J.F., “A Comparison of the Turbulence Structure of Subsonic and Supersonic Boundary Layers”, Proc. Eleventh Symposium on Turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, October 17-19, 1988.
 
Fernando, E.M. and Smits, A.J., “The Kinematics of Simple Vortex Loop Arrays,” AIAA Paper #88-3657, First National Fluid Dynamics Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 24-28, 1988.
 
Erm, L.P., Smits, A.J. and Joubert, P.N., “Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layers on a Smooth Flat Surface in a Zero Pressure Gradient,” Proceedings of Fifth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, August 1985. Published by Springer-Verlag, 1986.
 
Smits, A.J., Baskaran, V., Erm, L.P. and Joubert, P.N., “Low Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layer Measurements,” Proceedings of the Seventh Australasian Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Conference, Brisbane, August 1980.