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In order to clarify the mechanism of wall turbulence generation as well as the related critical flow condition, we have been working on the subcritical boundary layer transition triggered by high-intensity hairpin eddies. In this paper, we present our recent results on the subcritical disturbance growth leading to wall turbulence, obtained by periodically exciting hairpin eddies through a small wall orifice. The minimum Reynolds number for the disturbance growth due to regeneration of hairpin eddies is found to be about 130 ∼ 150 (based on the momentum thickness). Even when the energetic hairpin eddies are introduced, however, the regeneration of the hairpin eddies occurs only along a narrow strip (extending downstream from the orifice) at the subcritical Reynolds numbers.
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Asai, M., Nishioka, M. (1995). Subcritical Disturbance Growth Caused by Hairpin Eddies. In: Kobayashi, R. (eds) Laminar-Turbulent Transition. IUTAM Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79765-1_13
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