Experimental evidence of a phase transition in a closed turbulent flow

Details Experimental evidence of a phase transition in a closed turbulent flow Experimental evidence of a phase transition in a closed turbulent flow

2010-10-12

arxiv.org/abs/1010.2322v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

accepted for publication in Physical review Letters

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We experimentally study the susceptibility to symmetry breaking of a closed turbulent von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n swirling flow from $Re = 150$ to $Re \simeq 10^{6}$. We report a divergence of this susceptibility at an intermediate Reynolds number $Re = Re_\chi \simeq 90\,000$ which gives experimental evidence that such a highly space and time fluctuating system can undergo a "phase transition". This transition is furthermore associated with a peak in the amplitude of fluctuations of the instantaneous flow symmetry corresponding to intermittencies between spontaneously symmetry breaking metastable states.

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