Transient Growth for Streak-Streamwise Vortex Interactions
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We analyze transient growth due to the linear interaction between streaks and streamwise vortices. We obtain initial perturbations which give optimal initial and total energy growth, characterize the dependence of the dynamics on the initial distribution of perturbation energy, and compare with results from pseudospectra analysis.
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