On the transient nature of localized pipe flow turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 646, Issue , 2010, Pages 127-136

  Avila, Marc ^a   Willis, Ashley P ^b   Hof, Böjrn ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

CRITICAL THRESHOLD; FLOW TURBULENCE; LIFETIME DATA; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOWER BOUNDS; META-STABLE; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SHEAR-FLOW TURBULENCE;

SHEAR FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77952350741     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993296     Document Type: Article

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