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In homogeneous turbulent flow the Reynolds stress normalized by the turbulent kinetic energy k are: (ui Uj') 1.08 -0.32 -0.32 0.0 0.4 0.0 (1) k 0.0 0.0 0.52 where < .. > indicates averaging. What are

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The correlation coefficients between u' and u', denoted as ρ(u', u',), are:

ρ(u'₁, u'₁) = 2.08

ρ(u'₂, u'₂) = 0.769

ρ(u'₃, u'₃) = 1.0

In homogeneous turbulent flow, the Reynolds stress normalized by the turbulent kinetic energy (k) can be represented as a matrix:

[1.08 -0.32 -0.32]

[0.0 0.4 0.0 ]

[0.0 0.0 0.52]

The angle brackets (< >) indicate averaging. To calculate the correlation coefficients between u' and u', we divide each element of the matrix by k to normalize it:

[0.0 0.0 ]

[0.0 0.0 1.0 ]

The correlation coefficients, denoted as ρ(u', u',), are obtained from the diagonal elements of the normalized matrix:

ρ(u'₁, u'₁) = 2.08

ρ(u'₂, u'₂) = 0.769

ρ(u'₃, u'₃) = 1.0

These values represent the correlation between the velocity fluctuations in the respective directions.

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