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The Reynolds Navier-Stokes Turbulence Equations of Incompressible Flow Are Closed Rather Than Unclosed

Version 1 : Received: 26 June 2018 / Approved: 28 June 2018 / Online: 28 June 2018 (08:15:30 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 30 June 2018 / Approved: 2 July 2018 / Online: 2 July 2018 (05:42:05 CEST)

How to cite: Sun, B. The Reynolds Navier-Stokes Turbulence Equations of Incompressible Flow Are Closed Rather Than Unclosed. Preprints 2018, 2018060461. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0461.v1 Sun, B. The Reynolds Navier-Stokes Turbulence Equations of Incompressible Flow Are Closed Rather Than Unclosed. Preprints 2018, 2018060461. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201806.0461.v1

Abstract

This paper shown that turbulence closure problem is not an issue at all. All mistakes in the literature regarding the numbers of unknown quantities in the Reynolds turbulence equations stem from the misunderstandings of physics of the Reynolds stress tensor, i.e., all literatures have stated that the symmetric Reynolds stress tensor has six unknowns; however, it actually has only three unknowns, i.e., the three components of fluctuation velocity. We shown the integral-differential equations of the Reynolds mean and fluctuation equations have exactly eight equations, which equal to the numbers of quantities in total, namely, three components of mean velocity, three components of fluctuation velocity, one mean pressure and one fluctuation pressure. That is why we claim in this paper, that the Reynolds Navier-Stokes turbulence equations of incompressible flow are closed rather than unclosed. This study may help to solve the puzzle that has eluded scientists and mathematicians for centuries.

Keywords

turbulence; the Reynolds stress tensor; turbulence closure problem

Subject

Physical Sciences, Fluids and Plasmas Physics

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