Journal article
Diagnostics of BubbleMode Vortex Breakdown in Swirling Flow in a Large-Aspect-Ratio Cylinder
We report for the first time on the possible formation of regions with counterflow (bubble-mode vortex breakdown or explosion) at the center of strongly swirling flow generated by a rotating endwall in a large-aspect-ratio cylindrical cavity filled with a liquid medium. Previously, the possibility of bubble-mode breakdown was studied in detail for cylindrical cavities of moderate aspect ratio (length to radius ratios up to H/R ∼ 3.5), while flows in large-aspect-ratio cylinders were only associated with regimes of self-organized helical vortex multiplets.
In the present study, a regime with nonstationary bubble-mode vortex breakdown has been observed in a cylindrical cavity with H/R = 4.5.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Pleiades Publishing |
Year: | 2014 |
Pages: | 181-184 |
ISSN: | 10906533 , 10637850 and 03200116 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1134/S1063785014020230 |
ORCIDs: | Mikkelsen, Robert Flemming and Okulov, Valery |