Dynamics and instabilities of vortex pairs

T Leweke, S Le Dizès… - Annual review of fluid …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the characteristics and behavior of counter-rotating and corotating vortex
pairs, which are seemingly simple flow configurations yet immensely rich in phenomena …

Vortex bursting and tracer transport of a counter-rotating vortex pair

T Misaka, F Holzäpfel, I Hennemann, T Gerz… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Large-eddy simulations of a coherent counter-rotating vortex pair in different environments
are performed. The environmental background is characterized by varying turbulence …

Aircraft vortices in stably stratified and weakly turbulent atmospheres: Simulation and modeling

I De Visscher, L Bricteux, G Winckelmans - AIAA journal, 2013 - arc.aiaa.org
This study investigates the influence, on aircraft wake vortex behavior, of atmospheres that
are stably stratified (neutral to very strong) and weakly turbulent, by means of large-eddy …

Hydrodynamic Mechanism for Clumping along the Equatorial Rings of SN1987A and Other Stars

MJ Wadas, WJ White, HJ LeFevre, CC Kuranz… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
An explanation for the origin and number of clumps along the equatorial ring of Supernova
1987A has eluded decades of research. Our linear analysis and hydrodynamic simulations …

Evolution of two counter-rotating vortices in a stratified turbulent environment

Y Bin, XIA Yang, Y Yang, R Ni, Y Shi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We conduct direct numerical simulations and study the evolution of a pair of counter-rotating
vortices in a stratified and turbulent environment beyond the first vortex linking (which is due …

Swirling, turbulent vortex rings formed from a chain reaction of reconnection events

RM Kerr - Physics of Fluids, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Long, straight, anti-parallel vortex tubes, with balanced profiles and a local perturbation, are
simulated using the Navier-Stokes equations and evolve into a chain of spiral vortex rings …

Instability of secondary vortices generated by a vortex pair in ground effect

DM Harris, CHK Williamson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2012 - cambridge.org
In this work, we investigate the approach of a descending vortex pair to a horizontal ground
plane. As in previous studies, the primary vortices exhibit a 'rebound', due to the separation …

Vortex reconnection in a swirling flow

SV Alekseenko, PA Kuibin, SI Shtork, SG Skripkin… - JETP letters, 2016 - Springer
Processes of vortex reconnection on a helical vortex, which is formed in a swirling flow in a
conical diffuser, have been studied experimentally. It has been shown that reconnection can …

Experiments on the elliptic instability in vortex pairs with axial core flow

C Roy, T Leweke, MC Thompson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Results are presented from an experimental study on the dynamics of pairs of vortices, in
which the axial velocity within each core differs from that of the surrounding fluid. Co-and …

Impingement of a counter-rotating vortex pair on a wavy wall

SE Morris, CHK Williamson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we investigate the impingement of a two-dimensional (2-D) vortex pair
translating downwards onto a horizontal wall with a wavy surface. A principal purpose is to …