The signature of laminar instabilities in the zone of transition to turbulence

DOI10.1080/14685240600851732MaRDI QIDQ2853796zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. Vinod, Rama Govindarajan

Publication date 17 October 2013

Published in Journal of Turbulence (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504222

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to turbulence (76F06)

Abstract: We demonstrate that the space-time statistics of the birth of turbulent spots in boundary layers can be reconstructed qualitatively from the average behavior of macroscopic measures in the transition zone. The conclusion in cite{vg04} that there exists a connection between the patterns in laminar instability and the birth of turbulent spots is strengthened. We examine why the relationship between instability and transition to turbulence is manifest in some cases and appears to be totally absent in others. Novel cellular automaton type simulations of the transition zone are conducted, and the pattern of spot birth is obtained from secondary instability analysis. The validity of the hypothesis of concentrated breakdown, according to which most turbulent spots originate at a particular streamwise location, is assessed. The predictions made lend themselves to straightforward experimental verification.

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