Optimal transient growth on a vortex ring and its transition via cascade of ringlets

Mao, Xuerui and Hussain, F. (2017) Optimal transient growth on a vortex ring and its transition via cascade of ringlets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 832 . pp. 269-286. ISSN 1469-7645

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Abstract

Linear and nonlinear transient growths of perturbations on a vortex ring up to Reynolds number (≡ circulation/viscosity) Re=27,000 are studied. For short time intervals, perturbations around the ring axis undergo the strongest linear transient growth and lead to secondary structures in the form of ringlets, owing to the Orr mechanism and an inviscid vorticity amplification mechanism - in contrast to the well reported instabilities and lobe structures along the vortex ring core. These secondary ringlet structures induce a tertiary group of ringlets through similar transient perturbation growth. This cascade of ringlets lead to the breakup of the main ring even before activation of the vortex-core instabilities. Such a cascade scenario is also observed in the development of a vortex ring perturbed by random disturbance in the axis region. These new modes and mechanisms for the generation and breakup of vortex ring structures bring insights into the dynamics and control of vortex ring flows.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/899377
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.675
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2017 10:30
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:21
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/47119

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