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Formation of turbulent patterns near the onset of transition in plane Couette flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2010

Y. DUGUET ,
P. SCHLATTER  and
D. S. HENNINGSON
Y. DUGUET*
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre, KTH Mechanics, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden LIMSI-CNRS, UPR 3251, 91403 Orsay, France
P. SCHLATTER
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre, KTH Mechanics, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
D. S. HENNINGSON
Affiliation:
Linné Flow Centre, KTH Mechanics, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
*
†Present address: LIMSI-CNRS, UPR 3251, Université Paris-Sud, 91403 Orsay, France. Email address for correspondence: duguet@mech.kth.se
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Abstract

The formation of turbulent patterns in plane Couette flow is investigated near the onset of transition, using numerical simulation in a very large domain of size 800 h × 2 h × 356 h. Based on a maximum observation time of 20 000 inertial units, the threshold for the appearance of sustained turbulent motion is Rec = 324 ± 1. For Rec < Re ≤ 380, turbulent-banded patterns form, irrespective of whether the initial perturbation is a noise or localized disturbance. Measurements of the turbulent fraction versus Re show evidence for a discontinuous phase transition scenario where turbulent spots play the role of the nuclei. Using a smaller computational box, the angle selection of the turbulent bands in the early stages of their development is shown to be related to the amplitude of the initial perturbation.

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Instability: Transition to turbulence
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 650 , 10 May 2010 , pp. 119 - 129
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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Duguet et al. supplementary movie

Movie 1. Streamwise velocity component in the mid-plane y=0, Re=320, starting from noise. All the turbulent spots eventually decay.

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Movie 2. Streamwise velocity component in the mid-plane y=0, Re=350, starting from noise.

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Movie 3. Streamwise velocity component in the mid-plane y=0, Re=350, starting from a localised initial perturbation

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