Transition in pipe flow: the saddle structure on the boundary of turbulence

Details Transition in pipe flow: the saddle structure on the boundary of turbulence Transition in pipe flow: the saddle structure on the boundary of turbulence

2007-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/0711.2175v2

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

24 pages, 14 figures. Accepted, Jou. Fluid Mech

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The laminar-turbulent boundary S is the set separating initial conditions which relaminarise uneventfully from those which become turbulent. Phase space trajectories on this hypersurface in cylindrical pipe flow look to be chaotic and show recurring evidence of coherent structures. A general numerical technique is developed for recognising approaches to these structures and then for identifying the exact coherent solutions themselves. Numerical evidence is presented which suggests that trajectories on S are organised around only a few travelling waves and their heteroclinic connections. If the flow is suitably constrained to a subspace with a discrete rotational symmetry, it is possible to find locally-attracting travelling waves embedded within S. Four new types of travelling waves were found using this approach.

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