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Dynamical Instabilities and Transition to Turbulence in Spherical Gap Flows

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The transition from laminar to turbulent spherical gap flow is investigated by analysing the dynamical behaviour of the occuring instabilities. The structure of the secondary instabilities is observed by flow visualization. Time-dependent wall shear stress signals are measured at different positions on the outer sphere and analysed to obtain the power spectra. Starting from the different bifurcation solutions different routes of the laminar-turbulent transition are considered.

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  1. Institut für Strömungslehre und Strömungsmaschinen, Universität (TH), Kaiserstraße 12, D-7500, Karlsruhe 1, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  1. Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 36, Avenue Guy de Collongue, F-69131, Ecully Cedex, France

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Bühler, K., Zierep, J. (1987). Dynamical Instabilities and Transition to Turbulence in Spherical Gap Flows. In: Comte-Bellot, G., Mathieu, J. (eds) Advances in Turbulence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83045-7_3

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