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This paper presents longitudinal space and space-time conventional velocity correlations measured in the wake of a two-dimensional flat-plate at zero incidence, with fully-turbulent boundary layers at its sharp trailing edge. Iso-correlation contour plots are given in the plane of symmetry and normal to this plane in the assumed asymptotic (in the mean velocity sense) part. Comparisons with initially laminar 2-D wake results show that the classical Double-Roller-Eddy model developed for initially laminar wakes is not adapted to initially turbulent wakes; on the other hand, comparison with supersonic wake of the same nature seems to confirm this conclusion. The lack of detailed experimental data in this field is outlined, together with the need of a refined theoretical approach to the coherent structures existing in such flows.
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Bonnet, J.P., Delville, J. & Garem, H. Space and space-time longitudinal velocity correlations in the turbulent far wake of a flat plate in incompressible flow. Experiments in Fluids 4, 189–196 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00717813
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