Grid turbulence at large Reynolds numbers

Measurements of grid turbulence have been obtained for grid Reynolds numbers ranging from 2·4 × 10 6 to 1·2 × 10 5 . The decay law and the effect of Reynolds number on the turbulence level are established. The measured power spectra of the turbulence are consistent with Kolmogoroff scaling for k η > 0·1 ( k is the wave-number and η is the Kolmogoroff length); but for k η < 0·1, the spectra of the stream-wise turbulence velocity component and of the cross-stream component do not appear to be isotropically related. However, the stream-wise spectrum does display a -5/3 region, which increases in extent with increasing Reynolds number.