Direct numerical simulation of the laminar-turbulent transition in a thick spherical layer

DOI10.1134/S0015462807060038zbMath1202.76068MaRDI QIDQ612491

N. V. Nikitin, O. E. Krivonosova, D. Yu. Zhilenko

Publication date: 28 December 2010

Published in: Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

hysteresisNavier-Stokes equationslinear stabilitydirect numerical simulationspatial patternstransition to chaosspherical layerlimits of existence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Transition to turbulence (76F06)

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