Coupling of vortex breakdown and stability in a swirling flow

Axisymmetric vortex breakdown Part 1. Confined swirling flow

A comparison between the experimental visualization and numerical simulations of the occurrence of vortex breakdown in laminar swirling flows produced by a rotating endwall is presented. The experimental visualizations of Escudier (1984) were the first to detect the presence of multiple recirculation zones and the numerical model presented here, consisting of a numerical solution of the unstead...

Steady Vortex Breakdown in Swirling Flow Inside a Closed Container: Numerical Simulations, PIV and LDV Measurements

Numerical simulations and measurements using PIV and LDV have been carried out for steady vortex breakdown inside a closed container. The numerical solution has been employed as a benchmark to assess the capabilities and limitations of the experimental techniques in a difficult flow case involving a double breakdown in the limit of the

Hierarchical Vortex Regions in Swirling Flow

We propose a new criterion to characterize hierarchical two-dimensional vortex regions induced by swirling motion. Central to the definition are closed loops that intersect the flow field at a constant angle. The union of loops belonging to the same area of swirling motion defines a vortex region. These regions are disjunct but may be nested, thus introducing a spatial hierarchy of vortex regio...

Coupling Between a Viscoelastic Gas/Liquid Interface and a Swirling Vortex Flow

While the structure and dynamics of boundary layers on rigid no-slip walls in rotation dominated enclosed flows are still an area of active research, the interactions between rotating or swirling flows with a free surface have received comparatively less attention. For the most part, investigations in this area have been focused on clean free surfaces, which may be treated as stress-free. Howev...

Mixing in a vortex breakdown flow