The vanishing of strong turbulent fronts in bent pipes

DOI10.1017/jfm.2019.120zbMath1415.76284arXiv1902.02294OpenAlexW2914604238MaRDI QIDQ4628859

Enrico Rinaldi, Philipp Schlatter, Jacopo Canton

Publication date: 25 March 2019

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.02294

zbMATH Keywords

transition to turbulencenonlinear instabilitypipe flow boundary layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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Uses Software

• Nek5000

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