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Numerical study of a vortex ring impacting a flat wall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2010

MING CHENG ,
JING LOU  and
LI-SHI LUO
MING CHENG
Affiliation:
Institute of High Performance Computing, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
JING LOU
Affiliation:
Institute of High Performance Computing, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore
LI-SHI LUO*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Center for Computational Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: lluo@odu.edu
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Abstract

We numerically study a vortex ring impacting a flat wall with an angle of incidence θ ≥ 0°) in three dimensions by using the lattice Boltzmann equation. The hydrodynamic behaviour of the ring–wall interacting flow is investigated by systematically varying the angle of incidence θ in the range of 0° ≤ θ ≤ 40° and the Reynolds number in the range of 100 ≤ Re ≤ 1000, where the Reynolds number Re is based on the translational speed and initial diameter of the vortex ring. We quantify the effects of θ and Re on the evolution of the vortex structure in three dimensions and other flow fields in two dimensions. We observe three distinctive flow regions in the θ–Re parameter space. First, in the low-Reynolds-number region, the ring–wall interaction dissipates the ring without generating any secondary rings. Second, with a moderate Reynolds number Re and a small angle of incidence θ, the ring–wall interaction generates a complete secondary vortex ring, and even a tertiary ring at higher Reynolds numbers. The secondary vortex ring is convected to the centre region of the primary ring and develops azimuthal instabilities, which eventually lead to the development of hairpin-like small vortices through ring–ring interaction. And finally, with a moderate Reynolds number and a sufficiently large angle of incidence θ, only a secondary vortex ring is generated. The secondary vortex wraps around the primary ring and propagates from the near end of the primary ring, which touches the wall first, to the far end, which touches the wall last. The rings develop a helical structure. Our results from the present study confirm some existing experimental observations made in the previous studies.

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Vortex Flows: Vortex Flows Vortex Flows: Vortex instability Vortex Flows: Vortex interactions
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 660 , 10 October 2010 , pp. 430 - 455
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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