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Flows generated by the periodic horizontal oscillations of a sphere in a linearly stratified fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Qiang Lin ,
D. L. Boyer  and
H. J. S. Fernando
Qiang Lin
Affiliation:
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6106, USA
D. L. Boyer
Affiliation:
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6106, USA
H. J. S. Fernando
Affiliation:
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6106, USA
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Abstract

The flow field induced by a sphere oscillating horizontally in a linearly stratified fluid is studied using a series of laboratory experiments. The resulting flows are shown to depend on the Stokes number β, the Keulegan–Carpenter number KC and the internal Froude number Fr. For Fr [clubs ] 0.2, it is shown that the nature of the resulting flow field is approximately independent of Fr and, based on this observation, a flow regime diagram is developed in the (β, KC)-plane. The flow regimes include: (i) fully-attached flow; (ii) attached vortices; (iii) local vortex shedding; and (iv) standing eddy pair. An internal-wave flow regime is also identified but, for such flows, the motion field is a function of Fr as well. Some quantitative measures are given to allow for future comparisons of the present results with analytical and/or numerical models. Wherever possible, the results are compared with the experiments of Tatsuno & Bearman (1990) on right circular cylinders oscillating in homogeneous fluids.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 263 , 25 March 1994 , pp. 245 - 270
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© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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