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Also, the free-stream turbulence was found to be causing<br/>a significant transformation in the turbulence structure inside the wake, where the latter was<br/>found to be gradually evolving towards the former. Last, the fact that the two approaches<br/>were modelling two different problems led to some differences in their results emphasising the<br/>importance of the flow structure around the wake generating body in shaping the far wake<br/>region.","abstract_html":"Direct numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments have been used to study the effects&lt;br/&gt;of free-stream turbulence on axisymmetric wakes. In both cases the wake was introduced to&lt;br/&gt;various turbulent streams having various levels of turbulence intensity and length scales. It&lt;br/&gt;was found that the presence of the free-stream turbulence changes the wake’s decay rate and&lt;br/&gt;does not allow self-similarity to occur (unless maybe very far downstream and way beyond&lt;br/&gt;the current measurements reached). Also, the free-stream turbulence was found to be causing&lt;br/&gt;a significant transformation in the turbulence structure inside the wake, where the latter was&lt;br/&gt;found to be gradually evolving towards the former. Last, the fact that the two approaches&lt;br/&gt;were modelling two different problems led to some differences in their results emphasising the&lt;br/&gt;importance of the flow structure around the wake generating body in shaping the far wake&lt;br/&gt;region.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Rind, Elad"],"institution":"University of Southampton","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"doctoral","degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Castro, Ian P."],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2011,"date_issued":"2011-01","date_published":"2011-01","updated_at":"2026-07-24T04:36:28Z","subjects":[],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":null,"outbound_label":null,"outbound_source":null},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Castro, Ian P."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Rind, Elad"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2011-01"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2011-01"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics (pre 2011 reorg)","School of Engineering Sciences"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Southampton"]},{"key":"dc:relation.isreferencedby","label":"Dc Relation Isreferencedby","values":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/193955/"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["doctoral"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["Ph.D."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/193955/1/Elad_Rind_PhD_Aeronautics_and_Flight_Mechanics_January_2011.pdf"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Direct numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments have been used to study the effects<br/>of free-stream turbulence on axisymmetric wakes. 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