On the role of vortex stretching in energy optimal growth of three-dimensional perturbations on plane parallel shear flows

DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.285zbMATH Open1275.76057arXiv1202.6149OpenAlexW3101072666MaRDI QIDQ2863281FDOQ2863281

Authors: H. Vitoshkin, E. Heifetz, N. Harnik, A. Yu. Gelfgat 

Publication date: 21 November 2013

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

Abstract: The three dimensional optimal energy growth mechanism, in plane parallel shear flows, is reexamined in terms of the role of vortex stretching and the interplay between the span-wise vorticity and the planar divergent components. For high Reynolds numbers the structure of the optimal perturbations in Couette, Poiseuille, and mixing layer shear profiles is robust and resembles localized plane-waves in regions where the background shear is large. The waves are tilted with the shear when the span-wise vorticity and the planar divergence fields are in (out of) phase when the background shear is positive (negative). A minimal model is derived to explain how this configuration enables simultaneous growth of the two fields, and how this mutual amplification reflects on the optimal energy growth. This perspective provides an understanding of the three dimensional growth solely from the two dimensional dynamics on the shear plane.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6149

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zbMATH Keywords

shear wavesvortex instabilitylow-dimensional model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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