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Vertically forced stably stratified cavity flow: instabilities of the basic state

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2018

Jason Yalim Open the ORCID record for Jason Yalim [Opens in a new window] ,
Juan M. Lopez Open the ORCID record for Juan M. Lopez [Opens in a new window]  and
Bruno D. Welfert
Jason Yalim
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Juan M. Lopez*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Bruno D. Welfert
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The linear stability of a stably stratified fluid-filled cavity subject to vertical oscillations is determined via Floquet analysis. Retaining the viscous and diffusion terms in the Navier–Stokes–Boussinesq equations, with no-slip velocity boundary conditions, no-flux temperature conditions on the sidewalls and constant temperatures on the top and bottom walls, we find that the instabilities are primarily subharmonic (as is typical in many parametrically forced systems), except for in a few low-forcing-frequency ranges where the instabilities are synchronous. When the viscosity is small, the Floquet modes resemble the inviscid eigenmodes of the unforced problem, except in boundary layers. We establish scaling laws quantifying how viscosity regularizes the degeneracy associated with the inviscid idealization, and how it scales the thickness and intensity of the boundary layers. The product of boundary layer thickness and intensity remains constant with decreasing viscosity, leading to a delta distribution of vorticity on the walls in the limit of zero viscosity. This is in contrast to the zero wall vorticity in the inviscid case.

JFM classification

Geophysical and Geological Flows: Geophysical and Geological Flows Instability: Parametric instability Geophysical and Geological Flows: Stratified flows
Type
JFM Rapids
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 851 , 25 September 2018 , R6
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