Transition to turbulence in toroidal pipes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 687, Issue , 2011, Pages 72-117

  Piazza, Ivan Di ^a,b   Ciofalo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ENEA CR Brasimone   (Italy)

Author keywords

pipe flow boundary layer; transition to turbulence; turbulence simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RINGS (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

PIPE FLOW BOUNDARY LAYERS; QUASI-PERIODIC SOLUTION; SECONDARY HOPF BIFURCATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; SUBCRITICAL HOPF BIFURCATION; SUPERCRITICAL HOPF BIFURCATION; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE SIMULATION;

HOPF BIFURCATION;

BIFURCATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84855475283     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.321     Document Type: Article

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