Transition to turbulence in Couette flow
Kuznetsov E.A., L'vov V.S., Predtechenskii A.A., Sobolev V.S., Utkin E.N.
It is shown that the transition to turbulence in Couette flow combines the features of Landau's picture and the stochastic-attractor concept. An increase of the Reynolds number causes excitation of new modes and a smooth broadening of the spectral peaks that were produced earlier.