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Experimental Investigation of the Interaction of Longitudinal Streaky Structures with a High-Frequency Disturbance

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The mechanism of initiation of a turbulent spot via the interaction of a localized longitudinal “streaky”-structure vortex with a high-frequency disturbance is studied in a model experiment. Both qualitative and quantitative characteristics and the structure of the localized longitudinal disturbance and the high-frequency wave packet are investigated. A spatial and temporal Fourier analysis of the disturbances developing in the boundary layer is carried out. The analysis shows that in the course of the disturbance interaction flow energy is “pumped” over into both high-frequency disturbances and longitudinal structures.

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Bakchinov, A.A., Grek, G.R., Katasonov, M.M. et al. Experimental Investigation of the Interaction of Longitudinal Streaky Structures with a High-Frequency Disturbance. Fluid Dyn 33, 667–675 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02698615

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