Active attenuation of a trailing vortex inspired by a parabolized stability analysis

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.701MaRDI QIDQ4690219zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Adam M. Edstrand, Yiyang Sun, Kunihiko Taira, Louis N. Cattafesta, Peter J. Schmid

Publication date 22 October 2018

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.07327

zbMATH Keywords

flow controlinstability controlvortex instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Flow control and optimization for incompressible viscous fluids (76D55)

Abstract: Designing effective control for complex three-dimensional flow fields proves to be non-trivial. Oftentimes, intuitive control strategies lead to suboptimal control. To navigate the control space, we utilize a linear parabolized stability analysis to guide the design of a control scheme for a trailing vortex flow field aft of a NACA0012 half-wing at an angle of attack $alpha=5^{c}irc$ and a chord-based Reynolds number $Re=1000$. The stability results show that the unstable mode with the smallest growth rate (fifth wake mode) provides a pathway to excite a vortex instability, whereas the principal unstable mode remains in the wake of the wing. Inspired by this finding, we perform direct numerical simulations that excite each mode with body forces matching the shape function from the stability analysis. Relative to the baseline uncontrolled case, the principal wake mode reduces the vortex length, while the fifth wake mode further shortens the tip vortex. Analogously, the streamwise circulation of the trailing vortex is found to be significantly reduced. From these results, we conclude that a rudimentary linear stability analysis can provide key insight into the underlying physics and help engineers design more effective control.

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