Linear stability of a vortex ring revisited
Linear stability of a vortex ring revisited
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重新审视涡环的线性稳定性
DOI:
10.1007/0-306-48420-x_6
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发表时间:
2002
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通讯作者:
Y. Hattori
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作者:
Y. Fukumoto;Y. Hattori
We revisit the stability of an elliptically strained vortex and a thin axisymmetric vortex ring, embedded in an inviscid incompressible fluid, to three-dimensional disturbances of infinitesimal amplitude. The results of Tsai & Widnall (1976) for an elliptically strained vortex are simplified by providing an explicit expression for the disturbance flow field. A direct relation is established with the elliptical instability. For Kelvin’s vortex ring, the primary perturbation to the Rankine vortex is a dipole field. We show that the dipole field causes a parametric resonance instability between axisymmetric and bending waves at intersection points of the dispersion curves. It is found that the dipole effect predominates over the straining effect for a very thin core. The mechanism is attributable to stretching of the disturbance vortex lines in the toroidal direction.