Onset of turbulence in channel flows with scale-invariant roughness
Using 3D direct numerical simulations of the Navier–Stokes equations, we study the effect of a self-affine wall roughness on the onset of turbulence in channel flow. We quantify the dependence of the turbulent intensity (proportional to the mean-squared velocity fluctuations) on the Reynolds number...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2022-07-01
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Series: | Physical Review Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033086 |