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Axisymmetric contour dynamics for buoyant vortex rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2020

Ching Chang Open the ORCID record for Ching Chang [Opens in a new window]  and
Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith Open the ORCID record for Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith [Opens in a new window]
Ching Chang*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA
Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0213, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: chc054@eng.ucsd.edu
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Abstract

The present work uses a reduced-order model to study the motion of a buoyant vortex ring with non-negligible core size. Buoyancy is considered in both non-Boussinesq and Boussinesq situations using an axisymmetric contour dynamics formulation. The density of the vortex ring differs from that of the ambient fluid, and both densities are constant and conserved. The motion of the ring is calculated by following the boundary of the vortex core, which is also the interface between the two densities. The velocity of the contour comes from a combination of a specific continuous vorticity distribution within its core and a vortex sheet on the core boundary. An evolution equation for the vortex sheet is derived from the Euler equation, which simplifies considerably in the Boussinesq limit. Numerical solutions for the coupled integro-differential equations are obtained. The dynamics of the vortex sheet and the formation of two possible singularities, including singularities in the curvature and the shock-like profile of the vortex sheet strength, are discussed. Three dimensionless groups, the Atwood, Froude and Weber numbers, are introduced to measure the importance of physical effects acting on the motion of a buoyant vortex ring.

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Vortex Flows: Contour dynamics Vortex Flows: Vortex dynamics
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JFM Papers
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 887 , 25 March 2020 , A28
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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