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An energy transfer analysis of turbulent plane Couette flow is performed. It is found that nonlinear interaction between the [0, ±1] modes is principally responsible for maintaining the mean streamwise turbulent velocity profile. The [0, ±1] modes extract energy from the laminar flow by linear non-modal growth mechanisms and transfer it directly to the mean flow mode. The connection of this work to linear/nonlinear models of transition is discussed.
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Reddy, S.C., Ioannou, P.J. (2000). Energy Transfer Analysis of Turbulent Plane Couette Flow. In: Fasel, H.F., Saric, W.S. (eds) Laminar-Turbulent Transition. IUTAM Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03997-7_30
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