Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
Numerical experiments were performed to clarify apparent differences between experimental observations and a theoretical prediction of the secondary instability in plane Poiseuille flow. It is shown that subharmonic breakdown is unlikely in natural transition as a result of the initial growth of what we call the 'minus' modes and consequent forcing of Orr-Sommerfeld modes present in the background noise. Subharmonic breakdown was achieved only when these minus modes were continuously suppressed.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
Physics of Fluids A (ISSN 0899-8213); 1; 775-777
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