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_id: '2829'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Laminar-turbulent intermittency is intrinsic to the transitional regime of
a wide range of fluid flows including pipe, channel, boundary layer, and Couette
flow. In the latter turbulent spots can grow and form continuous stripes, yet
in the stripe-normal direction they remain interspersed by laminar fluid. We carry
out direct numerical simulations in a long narrow domain and observe that individual
turbulent stripes are transient. In agreement with recent observations in pipe
flow, we find that turbulence becomes sustained at a distinct critical point once
the spatial proliferation outweighs the inherent decaying process. By resolving
the asymptotic size distributions close to criticality we can for the first time
demonstrate scale invariance at the onset of turbulence.
article_number: '204502'
author:
- first_name: Liang
full_name: Shi, Liang
id: 374A3F1A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Shi
- first_name: Marc
full_name: Avila, Marc
last_name: Avila
- first_name: Björn
full_name: Hof, Björn
id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hof
orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754
citation:
ama: Shi L, Avila M, Hof B. Scale invariance at the onset of turbulence in couette
flow. Physical Review Letters. 2013;110(20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.204502
apa: Shi, L., Avila, M., & Hof, B. (2013). Scale invariance at the onset of
turbulence in couette flow. Physical Review Letters. American Physical
Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.204502
chicago: Shi, Liang, Marc Avila, and Björn Hof. “Scale Invariance at the Onset of
Turbulence in Couette Flow.” Physical Review Letters. American Physical
Society, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.204502.
ieee: L. Shi, M. Avila, and B. Hof, “Scale invariance at the onset of turbulence
in couette flow,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 110, no. 20. American Physical
Society, 2013.
ista: Shi L, Avila M, Hof B. 2013. Scale invariance at the onset of turbulence in
couette flow. Physical Review Letters. 110(20), 204502.
mla: Shi, Liang, et al. “Scale Invariance at the Onset of Turbulence in Couette
Flow.” Physical Review Letters, vol. 110, no. 20, 204502, American Physical
Society, 2013, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.204502.
short: L. Shi, M. Avila, B. Hof, Physical Review Letters 110 (2013).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:59:49Z
date_published: 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:00:00Z
day: '13'
department:
- _id: BjHo
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.204502
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1304.5446'
intvolume: ' 110'
issue: '20'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.5446
month: '05'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
project:
- _id: 25152F3A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '306589'
name: Decoding the complexity of turbulence at its origin
- _id: 2511D90C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
grant_number: SFB 963 TP A8
name: Astrophysical instability of currents and turbulences
publication: Physical Review Letters
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
publist_id: '3970'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Scale invariance at the onset of turbulence in couette flow
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 110
year: '2013'
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