Turbulent-laminar patterns in shear flows without walls
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Publication:2814906
DOI10.1017/JFM.2016.92zbMATH Open1382.76106arXiv1506.05002OpenAlexW2282577432MaRDI QIDQ2814906FDOQ2814906
Authors: Matthew Chantry, Dwight Barkley, Laurette S. Tuckerman 
Publication date: 23 June 2016
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Turbulent-laminar intermittency, typically in the form of bands and spots, is a ubiquitous feature of the route to turbulence in wall-bounded shear flows. Here we study the idealised shear between stress-free boundaries driven by a sinusoidal body force and demonstrate quantitative agreement between turbulence in this flow and that found in the interior of plane Couette flow -- the region excluding the boundary layers. Exploiting the absence of boundary layers, we construct a model flow that uses only four Fourier modes in the shear direction and yet robustly captures the range of spatiotemporal phenomena observed in transition, from spot growth to turbulent bands and uniform turbulence. The model substantially reduces the cost of simulating intermittent turbulent structures while maintaining the essential physics and a direct connection to the Navier-Stokes equations. We demonstrate the generic nature of this process by introducing stress-free equivalent flows for plane Poiseuille and pipe flows which again capture the turbulent-laminar structures seen in transition.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05002
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