The one-dimensional surrogate for the dimensionless energy dissipation rate Cε is measured in shear flows over a range of the Taylor microscale Reynolds number Rλ, 70≲Rλ≲1217. We recommend that Cε should be defined with respect to an energy length scale derived from the turbulent energy spectrum. For Rλ≳300, a value of Cε≈0.5 appears to be a good universal approximation for flow regions free of strong mean shear. The present results for Cε support a key assumption of turbulence—the mean turbulent energy dissipation rate is finite in the limit of zero viscosity.
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