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Zbl 1195.76149
Dou, Hua-Shu; Khoo, Boo Cheong
Criteria of turbulent transition in parallel flows. (English)
[J] Mod. Phys. Lett. B 24, No. 13, 1437-1440 (2010). ISSN 0217-9849

Summary: Based on the energy gradient method, criteria for turbulent transition are proposed for pressure driven flow and shear driven flow, respectively. For pressure driven flow, the necessary and sufficient condition for turbulent transition is the presence of the velocity inflection point in the averaged flow. For shear driven flow, the necessary and sufficient condition for turbulent transition is the existence of zero velocity gradient in the averaged flow profile. It is shown that turbulent transition can be effected via a singularity of the energy gradient function which may be associated with the chaotic attractor in dynamic system. The role of disturbance in the transition is also clarified in causing the energy gradient function to approach the singularity. Finally, it is interesting that turbulence can be controlled by modulating the distribution of the energy gradient function.

MSC 2000:: *76D05 Navier-Stokes equations (fluid dynamics)
76F10 Shear flows

Keywords: turbulent transition; criteria; energy gradient; role of disturbance; singularity

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