TURBULENT DOMAIN STABILIZATION IN ANNULAR FLOWS

Authors
HAYOT F POMEAU Y
Citation
F. Hayot et Y. Pomeau, TURBULENT DOMAIN STABILIZATION IN ANNULAR FLOWS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 50(3), 1994, pp. 2019-2021
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2019 - 2021
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)50:3<2019:TDSIAF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We point out a mechanism for stabilizing expanding turbulent domains i n annular flows. This nonlocal mechanism is explained within the conte xt of a Ginzburg-Landau equation for a real amplitude. The expression for the nonlocal term can be derived by analogy with existing calculat ions in Taylor-Couette flow for Taylor vortices. Numerical results are compared with experiment.