The growth and nonlinear evolution of helical perturbations in a swirling jet model (Q1285957)
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The growth and nonlinear evolution of helical perturbations in a swirling jet model (English)
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2 May 1999
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The nonlinear temporal evolution of helical perturbations in a swirling jet model is studied numerically by means of inviscid Lagrangian vortex dynamics simulations. In addition to an axial top-hat velocity profile, the swirling jet model consists of an axial centerline vortex surrounded by an axisymmetric vortex sheet containing both streamwise and circumferential vorticity. In two simulations it is shown that the interaction of Kelvin-Helmholtz and centrifugal instabilities allows for very different flow structures, depending on whether the helical perturbation wave and the jet shear layer vortex lines wind around the jet axis in the same or in opposite directions.
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Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
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centrifugal instability
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inviscid Lagrangian vortex dynamics
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axial centerline vortex
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axisymmetric vortex sheet
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