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Area of Science:

  • Fluid dynamics
  • Turbulence research
  • Geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics

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  • Large-scale instabilities with small-scale turbulence are common in nature but hard to replicate.
  • Understanding these phenomena is crucial for fields like meteorology and astrophysics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate intense recurrent turbulence bursts in rotating plane Poiseuille flow.
  • To develop a predictive model for these turbulent cycles.

Main Methods:

  • Extensive numerical simulations of rotating plane Poiseuille flow.
  • Development of a simplified model based on mean flow linear instability.

Main Results:

  • Observed intense, recurrent bursts of turbulence.
  • A simple model successfully predicted the structure and timescale of self-sustained turbulent cycles.
  • Poiseuille flow demonstrated as a suitable prototype for studying low-dimensional dynamics within turbulent environments.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully reproduced and modeled intense turbulence bursts in a laboratory-relevant flow.
  • The findings provide a framework for understanding complex dynamics in turbulent systems.
  • Rotating Poiseuille flow serves as a valuable model for future research in fluid dynamics.