Experimental observation of nonlinear traveling waves in turbulent pipe flow

Hof B, Van Doorne C, Westerweel J, Nieuwstadt F, Faisst H, Eckhardt B, Wedin H, Kersweli R, Waleffe F. 2004. Experimental observation of nonlinear traveling waves in turbulent pipe flow. Science. 305(5690), 1594–1598.

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Hof, BjörnISTA ; van Doorne, Casimir W; Westerweel, Jerry; Nieuwstadt, Frans T; Faisst, Holger; Eckhardt, Bruno; Wedin, Håkan; Kersweli, Richard R; Waleffe, Fabian
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Transition to turbulence in pipe flow is one of the most fundamental and longest- standing problems in fluid dynamics. Stability theory suggests that the flow remains laminar for all flow rates, but in practice pipe flow becomes turbulent even at moderate speeds. This transition drastically affects the transport efficiency of mass, momentum, and heat. On the basis of the recent discovery of unstable traveling waves in computational studies of the Navier-Stokes equations and ideas from dynamical systems theory, a model for the transition process has been suggested. We report experimental observation of these traveling waves in pipe flow, confirming the proposed transition scenario and suggesting that the dynamics associated with these unstable states may indeed capture the nature of fluid turbulence.
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2004-09-10
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Science
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305
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5690
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1594 - 1598
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Hof B, Van Doorne C, Westerweel J, et al. Experimental observation of nonlinear traveling waves in turbulent pipe flow. Science. 2004;305(5690):1594-1598. doi:10.1126/science.1100393
Hof, B., Van Doorne, C., Westerweel, J., Nieuwstadt, F., Faisst, H., Eckhardt, B., … Waleffe, F. (2004). Experimental observation of nonlinear traveling waves in turbulent pipe flow. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1100393
Hof, Björn, Casimir Van Doorne, Jerry Westerweel, Frans Nieuwstadt, Holger Faisst, Bruno Eckhardt, Håkan Wedin, Richard Kersweli, and Fabian Waleffe. “Experimental Observation of Nonlinear Traveling Waves in Turbulent Pipe Flow.” Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1100393.
B. Hof et al., “Experimental observation of nonlinear traveling waves in turbulent pipe flow,” Science, vol. 305, no. 5690. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 1594–1598, 2004.
Hof B, Van Doorne C, Westerweel J, Nieuwstadt F, Faisst H, Eckhardt B, Wedin H, Kersweli R, Waleffe F. 2004. Experimental observation of nonlinear traveling waves in turbulent pipe flow. Science. 305(5690), 1594–1598.
Hof, Björn, et al. “Experimental Observation of Nonlinear Traveling Waves in Turbulent Pipe Flow.” Science, vol. 305, no. 5690, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004, pp. 1594–98, doi:10.1126/science.1100393.

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