Short-wave vortex instability in stratified flow

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHFLU.2015.08.005MaRDI QIDQ1671397zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Bovard, M. L. Waite

Publication date 6 September 2018

Published in European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6739, http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10545

zbMATH Keywords

stability theorystratified flowstratified turbulencevortex instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Transition to turbulence (76F06) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45)

Abstract: In this paper we investigate a new instability of the Lamb-Chaplygin dipole in a stratified fluid. Through numerical linear stability analysis, a secondary peak in the growth rate emerges at vertical scales about an order of magnitude smaller than the buoyancy scale $L_b=U/N$ where $U$ is the characteristic velocity and $N$ is the Brunt-V"{a}is"{a}l"{a} frequency. This new instability exhibits a growth rate that is similar to, and even exceeds, that of the zigzag instability, which has the characteristic length of the buoyancy scale. This instability is investigated for a wide range of Reynolds $Re=2000-20000$ and horizontal Froude numbers $F_h=0.05-0.2$, where $F_h=U/NR$, $Re=UR/u$, $R$ is the characteristic length scale of the dipole, and $u$ is the viscosity. A range of vertical scales is explored from above the buoyancy scale to the viscous damping scale. Additionally, evidence is presented that the dynamics of this new instability are partially determined by the buoyancy Reynolds number, $R{e}_b=F_h^{2}Re$.

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