TY - UNPD A1 - Drescher, Hans Paul T1 - Turbulence - minimum dissipation and maximum macroscopic momentum exchange N2 - The minimum dissipation requirement of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes is applied to characterize the existence of laminar and non-laminar, and the co-existence of laminar and turbulent flow zones. Local limitations of the different zones and three different forms of transition are defined. For the Couette flow a non-local “corpuscular” flow mechanism explains the logarithmic law-of-the-wall, maximum turbulent dimensions and a value x=0,415 for the v. Kármán constant. Limitations of the logarithmic law near the wall and in the centre of the experiment are interpreted. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11145 ER -