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_id: '1087'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Using extensive direct numerical simulations, the dynamics of laminar-turbulent
fronts in pipe flow is investigated for Reynolds numbers between 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 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.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: ScienComp
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Baofang
full_name: Song, Baofang
last_name: Song
- first_name: Dwight
full_name: Barkley, Dwight
last_name: Barkley
- first_name: Björn
full_name: Hof, Björn
id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hof
orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754
- first_name: Marc
full_name: Avila, Marc
last_name: Avila
citation:
ama: Song B, Barkley D, Hof B, Avila M. Speed and structure of turbulent fronts
in pipe flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2017;813:1045-1059. doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.14
apa: Song, B., Barkley, D., Hof, B., & Avila, M. (2017). Speed and structure
of turbulent fronts in pipe flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Cambridge
University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.14
chicago: Song, Baofang, Dwight Barkley, Björn Hof, and Marc Avila. “Speed and Structure
of Turbulent Fronts in Pipe Flow.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Cambridge
University Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.14.
ieee: B. Song, D. Barkley, B. Hof, and M. Avila, “Speed and structure of turbulent
fronts in pipe flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 813. Cambridge University
Press, pp. 1045–1059, 2017.
ista: Song B, Barkley D, Hof B, Avila M. 2017. Speed and structure of turbulent
fronts in pipe flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 813, 1045–1059.
mla: Song, Baofang, et al. “Speed and Structure of Turbulent Fronts in Pipe Flow.”
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 813, Cambridge University Press, 2017,
pp. 1045–59, doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.14.
short: B. Song, D. Barkley, B. Hof, M. Avila, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 813 (2017)
1045–1059.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:04Z
date_published: 2017-02-25T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-20T11:47:22Z
day: '25'
department:
- _id: BjHo
doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.14
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
isi:
- '000394376400044'
intvolume: ' 813'
isi: 1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04077
month: '02'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 1045 - 1059
project:
- _id: 25152F3A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '306589'
name: Decoding the complexity of turbulence at its origin
publication: Journal of Fluid Mechanics
publication_identifier:
issn:
- '00221120'
publication_status: published
publisher: Cambridge University Press
publist_id: '6290'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Speed and structure of turbulent fronts in pipe flow
type: journal_article
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volume: 813
year: '2017'
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