The initial stage of transition in pipe flow: role of optimal base-flow distortions

DOI10.1017/S0022112004000825zbMath1131.76327OpenAlexW2149764418MaRDI QIDQ4670029

F. T. M. Nieuwstadt, Alessandro Bottaro, M. I. Gavarini

Publication date: 15 April 2005

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112004000825

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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