Wave patterns in plane Poiseuille flow created by concentrated disturbances

DOI10.1017/S0022112089002971zbMath0681.76055OpenAlexW2044123834MaRDI QIDQ4730930

Sheila E. Widnall, Fei Li

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112089002971

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transformsNumerical resultsoblique wavesThe Navier-Stokes equationsturbulent spot in plane Poiseuille flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Secondary instability of wall-bounded shear flows
• On the non-linear mechanics of wave disturbances in stable and unstable parallel flows Part 1. The basic behaviour in plane Poiseuille flow
• Transition to turbulence in plane Poiseuille and plane Couette flow
• Wave Breakdown and Turbulence
• Accurate solution of the Orr–Sommerfeld stability equation
• The Stability of Plane Poiseuille Flow

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