On the Wave Packets Interaction in a Transitional Boundary Layer

Zel'man, M. B.; Smorodsky, B. V.

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“…Transition occurs by a gradual filling of the spectrum owing to nonlinear subharmonic interactions. This development was theoretically predicted by Zelman & Smorodsky (1990). During this stage, 3D wave components are strongly growing due to the Craik resonance mechanism, and the lift-up effect described by Landahl (1975Landahl ( , 1980 gives an important contribution to the energy associated with the wall-parallel velocity components.…”

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On transition due to three-dimensional disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow

Klingmann

1992

J. Fluid Mech.

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The purpose of the present study is to characterize the process of laminar–turbulent transition at Reynolds numbers which are subcritical from the two-dimensional linear point of view. The development of a point-like disturbance was studied in an air flow channel with hot-wire anemometry at a Reynolds number of 1600. Localized disturbances were triggered at one of the walls and their development followed downstream by traversing the hot-wire probe in the streamwise direction over a distance of 90 half channel heights, as well as in the normal and spanwise directions. The disturbance evolved into elongated streaky structures with strong spanwise shear (i.e. normal vorticity) which grew in amplitude and streamwise extension and thereafter either decayed or gave rise to a turbulent spot. The results indicate that the mechanism underlying the initial growth is a linear one resulting from the coupling between the normal velocity and the normal vorticity, as described by the three-dimensional linear equations. The nonlinear development of the structure leads to the formation of intense normal shear layers and the appearance of oscillations and ‘spikes’, which multiply and form the rear or a turbulent spot.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 74%

On transition due to three-dimensional disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow

Klingmann

1992

J. Fluid Mech.

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On the Wave Packets Interaction in a Transitional Boundary Layer

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On transition due to three-dimensional disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow

On transition due to three-dimensional disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow

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