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turbulent puff: a standalone construct

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Turbulence

a localized patch of turbulence in transitional pipe flow that keeps its length as it travels, as opposed to an expanding turbulent slug.

In turbulence, turbulent puff refers to a localized patch of turbulence in transitional pipe flow that keeps its length as it travels, as opposed to an expanding turbulent slug. This meaning comes from Wygnanski (1973) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Wygnanski, I. J., & Champagne, F. H. (1973). On transition in a pipe. Part 1. The origin of puffs and slugs and the flow in a turbulent slug. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 59(2), 281-335. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112073001576

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