Speed and structure of turbulent fronts in pipe flow

DOI10.1017/JFM.2017.14MaRDI QIDQ5364528zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Baofang Song, Dwight Barkley, Bjorn Hof, Marc Avila

Publication date 28 September 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04077

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent flowstransition to turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to turbulence (76F06)

Abstract: Using extensive direct numerical simulations, the dynamics of laminar-turbulent fronts in pipe flow is investigated for Reynolds numbers between $Re=2000$ and $5500$. We here investigate the physical distinction between the fronts of weak and strong slugs both by analysing the turbulent kinetic energy budget and by comparing the downstream front motion to the advection speed of bulk turbulent structures. Our study shows that weak downstream fronts travel slower than turbulent structures in the bulk and correspond to decaying turbulence at the front. At $Resimeq2900$ the downstream front speed becomes faster than the advection speed, marking the onset of strong fronts. In contrast to weak fronts, turbulent eddies are generated at strong fronts by feeding on the downstream laminar flow. Our study also suggests that temporal fluctuations of production and dissipation at the downstream laminar-turbulent front drive the dynamical switches between the two types of front observed up to $Resimeq3200$.

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