Turbulent dynamics of pipe flow captured in a reduced model: Puff relaminarization and localized 'edge' states

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 619, Issue , 2009, Pages 213-233

  Willis, Ashley P ^a   Kerswell, Rich R ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EXACT TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTIONS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; LOCALIZED STRUCTURES; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; SINUSOIDAL VARIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS;

PIPE FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRAJECTORY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 62749085028     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004618     Document Type: Article

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