INSTABILITY OF STRAINED VORTEX LAYERS AND VORTEX TUBE FORMATION IN HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE

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作者
PASSOT, T
POLITANO, H
SULEM, PL
ANGILELLA, R
MENEGUZZI, M
机构
[1] CERFACS,F-31057 TOULOUSE,FRANCE
[2] CERCA,MONTREAL,PQ H2X 2H9,CANADA
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10.1017/S0022112095000152
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O3 [力学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0801 ;
摘要
A modulational perturbation analysis is presented which shows that when a strained vortex layer becomes unstable, vorticity concentrates into steady tubular structures with finite amplitude, in quantitative agreement with the numerical simulations of Lin and Corcos (1984). Elaborated three-dimensional visualizations suggest that this process, due to a combination of compression and self-induced rotation of the layer, is at the origin of intense and long-lived vortex tubes observed in direct numerical simulations of homogeneous turbulence.
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页码:313 / 338
页数:26
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