Slug genesis in cylindrical pipe flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 663, Issue , 2010, Pages 180-208

  Duguet, Y ^a,b,d   Willis, A P ^a,c   Kerswell, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

pipe flow boundary layer; transition to turbulence; turbulence simulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

COHERENT STRUCTURE; CYLINDRICAL PIPES; FINITE AMPLITUDE DISTURBANCE; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; PIPE FLOW BOUNDARY LAYERS; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CYLINDER; FLUID DYNAMICS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; PIPE FLOW; SIMULATION; SLUG FLOW; TURBULENCE;

GASTROPODA; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 78649955084     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010003435     Document Type: Article

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