Distinct large-scale turbulent-laminar states in transitional pipe flow

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8091-8096

  Moxey, David ^a   Barkley, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed percolation; Intermittency; Lifetime; Puff; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; LAMINAR FLOW; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 77952381999     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909560107     Document Type: Article

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