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Geometry of transient chaos in streamwise-localized pipe flow turbulence
Phys. Rev. Fluids 4, 102401(R) – Published 31 October, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.102401
Abstract
In pipes and channels, the onset of turbulence is initially dominated by localized transients, which lead to sustained turbulence through their collective dynamics. In the present work, we study numerically the localized turbulence in pipe flow and elucidate a state space structure that gives rise to transient chaos. Starting from the basin boundary separating laminar and turbulent flow, we identify transverse homoclinic orbits, the presence of which necessitates a homoclinic tangle and chaos. A direct consequence of the homoclinic tangle is the fractal nature of the laminar-turbulent boundary, which was conjectured in various earlier studies. By mapping the transverse intersections between the stable and unstable manifold of a periodic orbit, we identify the gateways that promote an escape from turbulence.
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