Global modes and nonlinear analysis of inverted-flag flapping

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.728MaRDI QIDQ4559207zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Andres Goza, Tim Colonius, John E. Sader

Publication date 3 December 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.09745, https://authors.library.caltech.edu/84443/

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcationflow-structure interactionsinstability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05)

Abstract: An inverted flag has its trailing edge clamped and exhibits dynamics distinct from that of a conventional flag, whose leading edge is restrained. We perform nonlinear simulations and a global stability analysis of the inverted-flag system for a range of Reynolds numbers, flag masses and stiffnesses. Our global stability analysis is based on a linearisation of the fully-coupled fluid-structure system of equations. The calculated equilibria are steady-state solutions of the fully-coupled nonlinear equations. By implementing this approach, we (i) explore the mechanisms that initiate flapping, (ii) study the role of vortex shedding and vortex-induced vibration (VIV) in large-amplitude flapping, and (iii) characterise the chaotic flapping regime. For point (i), we identify a deformed-equilibrium state and show through a global stability analysis that the onset of flapping is due to a supercritical Hopf bifurcation. For large-amplitude flapping, point (ii), we confirm the arguments of Sader et al. (2016) that for a range of parameters this regime is a VIV. We also show that there are other flow regimes for which large-amplitude flapping persists and is not a VIV. Specifically, flapping can occur at low Reynolds numbers ($<50$), albeit via a previously unexplored mechanism. Finally, with respect to point (iii), chaotic flapping has been observed experimentally for Reynolds numbers of $O(10^4)$, and here we show that chaos also persists at a moderate Reynolds number of 200. We characterise this chaotic regime and calculate its strange attractor, whose structure is controlled by the above-mentioned deformed equilibria and is similar to a Lorenz attractor. These results are contextualised with bifurcation diagrams that depict the different equilibria and various flapping regimes.

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