Deshpande, MD (2000) Decay of Three-Dimensional Vortex Motion in an Enclosure. Project Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India.
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Abstract
Consider viscous, incompressible flow in a cubical container generated by the uniform,13; linear motion of the top wall. Depending on the Reynolds number Re the flow could be13; laminar, transitional or turbulent. If the motion of the top wall is now suddenly stopped13; the fluid motion will begin to decay. Direct numerical simulations show that no matter13; what the initial conditions are, the finalstages of decay follow an exponential law, i.e. the13; maximum of the Y-component of velocity V,,, is given by V, = V,,,ezp(-id/Re) where13; the decay constant d is aboilt 62. In order to explain this interesting behaviour of three-13; dimensional vortex motion, exact decaying, axisymmetric solutions of the Navier-Stokes13; equations were sought. It is shown that in cylindrical coordinates the field13; (urrue,uZ) - (-27rJ,(Xr)cos(2;rr), a J , ( X r ) sin(2;rz), XJ,(Xr) in(2irz)]e-quot;13; represents a swirling decaying vorkex and a corresponding field is found for the spherical13; case. These new exact solutions to the N-S equations are used to identify and quantify13; the different regimes of vortex decay and scaling in the cubical cavity. .The results may13; be of relevance to fluid mixing and geophysical Bows.
| Item Type: | Proj.Doc/Technical Report (Project Report) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Vortex motion; viscous decay; closed streamlines; cavity13; torodial surface |
| Subjects: | AERONAUTICS > Aerodynamics |
| Division/Department: | Computational and Theoretical Fluid Dynamics Division |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Manoranjitha M D |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 24 May 2010 09:39 |
| URI: | http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/id/eprint/770 |
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