The transition to turbulence in strongly accelerated pipe flows
Date
2016
Authors
Abbot, Anthony Halley
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Abstract
This thesis is an experimental, analytical and numerical investigation of pipe
flows started impulsively from rest and thereafter accelerated exponentially with
time. The broad objectives were to reconcile measured base flow and transition
inception data with linear stability predictions,
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