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The effect of spanwise system rotation on Dean vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

O. John E. Matsson  and
P. Henrik Alfredsson
O. John E. Matsson
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics/Fluid Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
P. Henrik Alfredsson
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics/Fluid Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

An experimental study is reported of the flow in a high-aspect-ratio curved air channel with spanwise system rotation, utilizing hot-wire measurements and smoke visualization. The experiments were made at two different Dean numbers (De), approximately 2 and 4.5 times the critical De for which the flow becomes unstable and develops streamwise vortices. For the lower De without system rotation the primary Dean instability appeared as steady longitudinal vortices. It was shown that negative spanwise system rotation, i.e. the Coriolis force counteracts the centrifugal force, could cancel the primary Dean instability and that for high rotation rates it could give rise to vortices on the inner convex channel wall. For positive spanwise system rotation, i.e. when the Coriolis force enhanced the centrifugal force, splitting and merging of vortex pairs were observed. At the higher De secondary instabilities occurred in the form of travelling waves. The effect of spanwise system rotation on the secondary instability was studied and was found to reduce the amplitude of the twisting and undulating motions for low negative rotation. For low positive rotation the amplitude of the secondary instabilities was unaffected for most regions in parameter space.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 274 , 10 September 1994 , pp. 243 - 265
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© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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