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Three-dimensional flow in circular cavities of large spanwise aspect ratio

Three-dimensional flow in circular cavities of large spanwise aspect ratio
Three-dimensional flow in circular cavities of large spanwise aspect ratio
Experimental data are presented for the vortex flow in a nominally two-dimensional circular cavity. The vortex is driven by a separated shear layer along an open section of the cavity circumference. It is shown that the core vortex flow is perturbed three-dimensionally. An inviscid analysis of an ideal core (solid body) vortex is given and it is shown that this flow contains a steady perturbation whose characteristics are almost exactly those identified in the experiments. Viscous effects reduce (by a few per cent) the spanwise wavelength of the perturbation and also lead, via spatial variations in Reynolds stress, to a modification of the core flow so that the radial profile of the circumferential velocity is ‘S’-shaped, rather than linear
0022-1120
551-574
Tutty, Owen
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Savelsberg, Ralph
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Castro, Ian P.
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Tutty, Owen
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Savelsberg, Ralph
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Castro, Ian P.
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Tutty, Owen, Savelsberg, Ralph and Castro, Ian P. (2012) Three-dimensional flow in circular cavities of large spanwise aspect ratio. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 707, 551-574. (doi:10.1017/jfm.2012.301).

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Experimental data are presented for the vortex flow in a nominally two-dimensional circular cavity. The vortex is driven by a separated shear layer along an open section of the cavity circumference. It is shown that the core vortex flow is perturbed three-dimensionally. An inviscid analysis of an ideal core (solid body) vortex is given and it is shown that this flow contains a steady perturbation whose characteristics are almost exactly those identified in the experiments. Viscous effects reduce (by a few per cent) the spanwise wavelength of the perturbation and also lead, via spatial variations in Reynolds stress, to a modification of the core flow so that the radial profile of the circumferential velocity is ‘S’-shaped, rather than linear

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Published date: 2012
Organisations: Engineering Science Unit, Aeronautics, Astronautics & Comp. Eng

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Local EPrints ID: 342787
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/342787
ISSN: 0022-1120
PURE UUID: eeaacbb2-f1a4-4202-a00c-395b0723ba67

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Date deposited: 13 Sep 2012 13:35
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 11:54

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Author: Owen Tutty
Author: Ralph Savelsberg
Author: Ian P. Castro

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