Travelling wave states in pipe flow

2016 ◽  
Vol 791 ◽  
pp. 284-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozge Ozcakir ◽  
Saleh Tanveer ◽  
Philip Hall ◽  
Edward A. Overman

In this paper, we have found two new nonlinear travelling wave solutions in pipe flows. We investigate possible asymptotic structures at large Reynolds number $R$ when wavenumber is independent of $R$ and identify numerically calculated solutions as finite $R$ realizations of a nonlinear viscous core (NVC) state that collapses towards the pipe centre with increasing $R$ at a rate $R^{-1/4}$. We also identify previous numerically calculated states as finite $R$ realizations of a vortex wave interacting (VWI) state with an asymptotic structure similar to the ones in channel flows studied earlier by Hall & Sherwin (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 661, 2010, pp. 178–205). In addition, asymptotics suggests the possibility of a VWI state that collapses towards the pipe centre like $R^{-1/6}$, though this remains to be confirmed numerically.

Author(s):  
D Viswanath

We report the computation of a family of travelling wave solutions of pipe flow up to Re =75 000. As in all lower branch solutions, streaks and rolls feature prominently in these solutions. For large Re , these solutions develop a critical layer away from the wall. Although the solutions are linearly unstable, the two unstable eigenvalues approach 0 as Re →∞ at rates given by Re −0.41 and Re −0.87 ; surprisingly, the solutions become more stable as the flow becomes less viscous. The formation of the critical layer and other aspects of the Re →∞ limit could be universal to lower branch solutions of shear flows. We give implementation details of the GMRES-hookstep and Arnoldi iterations used for computing these solutions and their spectra, while pointing out the new aspects of our method.


2013 ◽  
Vol 721 ◽  
pp. 514-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Willis ◽  
P. Cvitanović ◽  
M. Avila

AbstractSymmetry reduction by the method of slices is applied to pipe flow in order to obtain a quotient of the streamwise translation and azimuthal rotation symmetries of turbulent flow states. Within the symmetry-reduced state space, all travelling wave solutions reduce to equilibria, and all relative periodic orbits reduce to periodic orbits. Projections of these solutions and their unstable manifolds from their infinite-dimensional symmetry-reduced state space onto suitably chosen two- or three-dimensional subspaces reveal their interrelations and the role they play in organizing turbulence in wall-bounded shear flows. Visualizations of the flow within the slice and its linearization at equilibria enable us to trace out the unstable manifolds, determine close recurrences, identify connections between different travelling wave solutions and find, for the first time for pipe flows, relative periodic orbits that are embedded within the chaotic saddle, which capture turbulent dynamics at transitional Reynolds numbers.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miftachul Hadi

We review the work of Ranjit Kumar, R S Kaushal, Awadhesh Prasad. The work is still in progress.


Author(s):  
Andronikos Paliathanasis ◽  
Genly Leon ◽  
P. G. L. Leach

Abstract We apply the Painlevé test for the Benney and the Benney–Gjevik equations, which describe waves in falling liquids. We prove that these two nonlinear 1 + 1 evolution equations pass the singularity test for the travelling-wave solutions. The algebraic solutions in terms of Laurent expansions are presented.


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