--- _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' ...