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Streak generation in viscosity-stratified wall-bounded flows

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arxiv 2508.20636 v1 pith:LOT7M46C submitted 2025-08-28 physics.flu-dyn

Streak generation in viscosity-stratified wall-bounded flows

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keywords flowsstreaksviscosity-stratifiedgenerationlift-upmechanismstreaktrends
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Streamwise elongated flow structures, or streaks, dominate wall-bounded flows. We show that the renowned lift-up mechanism, that generates streaks, is significantly altered by viscosity stratification. We additionally identify a novel pathway for streak generation: the viscosity-stratified lift-up mechanism. The competition and cooperation of the streaks generated by these mechanisms provides an explanation for trends in viscosity-stratified Poiseuille flows, and remarkably, the opposing trends in Couette flows as well. Our theoretical observations are substantiated by numerical experiments.

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