ISSN:
1432-2250
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract This paper presents a numerical study of the transition to chaos of the flow of a Newtonian fluid in a periodic array of cylinders between two parallel walls. Using tools from dynamical system theory, we identify and characterize the different solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations at different values of the Reynolds number. We show that a very complex transition to chaos occurs for this problem where we first observe two incommensurate frequencies and then a frequency locking followed by a few period doublings following Feigenbaum's route to turbulence.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00271618
