Discrete Vortex Method

Fast numerical simulation of vortex shedding in tube arrays using a discrete vortex method

Vortex shedding may occur in tube arrays, resulting in strong excitation forces at discrete frequencies. In the past the Strouhal numbers governing vortex shedding in these systems were determined primarily by experiment. This paper presents a computationally inexpensive method of numerical simulation for the unsteady flow through a rigid normal triangular tube array which determines both the f...

All-optical discrete vortex switch

Anton S. Desyatnikov,1 Mark R. Dennis,2 and Albert Ferrando3 1Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia 2H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom 3Interdisciplinary Modeling Group, InterTech and Departament d’Optica, Universitat de Valéncia,...

Discrete vortex solitons and parity time symmetry.

We study the effect of lifting the degeneracy of vortex modes with a parity time (PT) symmetric defect, using discrete vortices in a circular array of nonlinear waveguides as an example. When the defect is introduced, the degenerate linear vortex modes spontaneously break PT symmetry and acquire complex eigenvalues, but nonlinear propagating modes with real propagation constants can still exist...

Numerical Simulation of Vortex Breakdown by the Vortex-Filament Method

Random Vortex Method for Geometries with Unsolvable Schwarz-Christoffel Formula

In this research we have implemented the Random Vortex Method to calculate velocity fields of fluids inside open cavities in both turbulent and laminar flows. the Random Vortex Method is a CFD method (in both turbulent and laminar fields) which needs the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation formula to map the physical geometry into the upper half plane. In some complex geometries like the flow in...