Development of a turbulent spot into a stripe pattern in plane poiseuille flow

Hiroshi Aida, Takahiro Tsukahara, Yasuo Kawaguchi

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Abstract

A structure consisting of quasi-laminar and turbulent regions in a stripe pattern, which can be found in a transitional plane channel flow, is called 'turbulent stripe'. In the previous works, the emergence of this structure was confirmed only in the case of decreasing Reynolds number from turbulent regime. In the present study, its formation from a turbulent spot has been investigated using a direct numerical simulation in a relatively large-scale computational domain of Lx × Ly × Lz = 731.4δ × 2δ × 365.7δ at Reτ = 56 and Lx × Ly × Lz = 640δ × 2δ × 320δ at Reτ = 64. We observed the stripe pattern of quasi-laminar and turbulent regions inside of the spot. However, the turbulent eddies decayed more rapidly for Reτ = 56 than those for Reτ = 64. The developed spot at Reτ = 64 was found to be different form from that at Reτ = 56.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event7th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2011 - Ottawa, Canada
Duration: 28 Jul 201131 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference7th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa
Period28/07/1131/07/11

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