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On the characteristics and mechanism of perturbation modes with asymptotic growth in trailing vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2021

Siyi Qiu Open the ORCID record for Siyi Qiu [Opens in a new window] ,
Zepeng Cheng Open the ORCID record for Zepeng Cheng [Opens in a new window] ,
Hui Xu Open the ORCID record for Hui Xu [Opens in a new window] ,
Yang Xiang Open the ORCID record for Yang Xiang [Opens in a new window]  and
Hong Liu Open the ORCID record for Hong Liu [Opens in a new window]
Siyi Qiu
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China
Zepeng Cheng
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China
Hui Xu
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China
Yang Xiang*
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China J.C.Wu Center for Aerodynamics, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China
Hong Liu
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China J.C.Wu Center for Aerodynamics, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, PR China
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†Email address for correspondence: xiangyang@sjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Trailing vortices typically persist into the extreme far-wake where the asymptotic perturbation dominates. In this work, we investigate the mechanism underlying the asymptotic growth of perturbation in trailing vortices by looking into the linear instabilities of two canonical trailing vortex systems, namely an isolated vortex and a co-rotating vortex pair with axial flow, generated by an M6 swept wing without/with winglets in a wind tunnel experiment. The dynamics and wandering phenomena of both vortex configurations are characterized by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV). Their linear perturbation modes are acquired by local and bi-global linear stability analyses. For the isolated trailing vortex, the dominating perturbation mode is found to be a viscous, unstable Mode-A counter to the vortex rotation ($m>0$), while Mode-A with $m\leqslant 0$ is essentially damped and Mode-P, which is exclusive to $|m|\leqslant 1$, remains marginally stable. For the co-rotating vortex pair, the upper vortex is subject to an unstable, azimuthal perturbation, while the dominating perturbation of the lower vortex is radial. The perturbation mode of the upper vortex is more unstable than that of the lower vortex. The difference is supported by the corresponding wandering amplitude. The dominating modes of the two vortex configurations manifest an identical feature of azimuthal perturbations penetrating the core boundary. The dominating mode overwhelms those centre modes confined within the core. For both vortex configurations, a limiting penetration depth exists, where the perturbation is most amplified asymptotically. The limiting penetration depth is ascribed to the alignment of the critical point with vortex shear. For the isolated vortex, it is the shear layer at the core boundary; for the vortex pair, it is the mutual shear layer of both vortices. The asymptotic growth of perturbations is thus attributed to an interaction between the respective characteristic layers of the perturbation and the flow at the leading order.

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Vortex Flows: Vortex dynamics Vortex Flows: Vortex instability Wakes/Jets: Wakes
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 918 , 10 July 2021 , A41
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