Abstract
Transitional pipe flow is investigated in two different experimental set-ups. In the first the stability threshold and the initial growth of localized perturbations are studied.
Good agreement is found with an earlier investigation of the transition threshold. The measurement technique applied in the last part of this study allows the reconstruction of the streamwise vorticity in a turbulent puff.
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Hof, B. (2005). Transition to Turbulence in Pipe Flow. In: Mullin, T., Kerswell, R. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition and Finite Amplitude Solutions. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4049-0_12
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