Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers

During the last century, the theoretical investigations in the boundary vorticity dynamics were based on the concept of a fluid of small-constant viscosity, i.e. the Newtonian fluid, described by the non-slip condition at the wall and the linear law for fluid friction. But the application of curren...

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Main Authors: Horia DUMITRESCU, Vladimir CARDOS, Ion MALAEL
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Language:English
Published: National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” - INCAS 2015-09-01
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Online Access:http://bulletin.incas.ro/files/dumitrescu_cardos_malael_vol_7_iss_3.pdf
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author Horia DUMITRESCU
Vladimir CARDOS
Ion MALAEL
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description During the last century, the theoretical investigations in the boundary vorticity dynamics were based on the concept of a fluid of small-constant viscosity, i.e. the Newtonian fluid, described by the non-slip condition at the wall and the linear law for fluid friction. But the application of current ideas in non-linear hydrodynamic stability theory to the flow in shear layers showed the existence of a class of flows involving concentrations of vorticity, also visible both in experimental conditions and industrial environments. The role of concentrated vorticity in fluid dynamics phenomena, concerning both the vorticity creation at the boundary and the response/reaction to the flow field is not entirely understood. The main purpose of this paper is to bring about a better mechanism of vorticity creation at the wall beneath a flow using the concept of thixotropic fluid associated with an active vorticity governed by the vorticity transport equation that is able to react back on the fluid flow. Such a viscoelastic behavior can be easily forecasted by the relationship between the value of the critic Reynolds number, Rec, and the equilibrium kinetic viscosity 2 1 0 0 , Rec e     , argued in the sequel by means of the thixotropic fluid concept.
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spelling doaj.art-cb5d305e8fb74a29b3950b177d247c992022-12-21T18:43:59ZengNational Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” - INCASINCAS Bulletin2066-82012247-45282015-09-01738910010.13111/2066-8201.2015.7.3.8Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds NumbersHoria DUMITRESCU0Vladimir CARDOS1Ion MALAEL2“Gheorghe Mihoc – Caius Iacob” Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Applied Mathematics of the Romanian Academy Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13, 050711 Bucharest, Romania horiadumitrescu@yahoo.com“Gheorghe Mihoc – Caius Iacob” Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Applied Mathematics of the Romanian Academy Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13, 050711 Bucharest, Romania, v_cardos@yahoo.ca*National Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbine, COMOTI, Bucharest, Romania ion.malael@comoti.roDuring the last century, the theoretical investigations in the boundary vorticity dynamics were based on the concept of a fluid of small-constant viscosity, i.e. the Newtonian fluid, described by the non-slip condition at the wall and the linear law for fluid friction. But the application of current ideas in non-linear hydrodynamic stability theory to the flow in shear layers showed the existence of a class of flows involving concentrations of vorticity, also visible both in experimental conditions and industrial environments. The role of concentrated vorticity in fluid dynamics phenomena, concerning both the vorticity creation at the boundary and the response/reaction to the flow field is not entirely understood. The main purpose of this paper is to bring about a better mechanism of vorticity creation at the wall beneath a flow using the concept of thixotropic fluid associated with an active vorticity governed by the vorticity transport equation that is able to react back on the fluid flow. Such a viscoelastic behavior can be easily forecasted by the relationship between the value of the critic Reynolds number, Rec, and the equilibrium kinetic viscosity 2 1 0 0 , Rec e     , argued in the sequel by means of the thixotropic fluid concept.http://bulletin.incas.ro/files/dumitrescu_cardos_malael_vol_7_iss_3.pdfBoundary layer structureShear wavesVortex dynamics
spellingShingle Horia DUMITRESCU
Vladimir CARDOS
Ion MALAEL
Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers
INCAS Bulletin
Boundary layer structure
Shear waves
Vortex dynamics
title Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers
title_full Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers
title_fullStr Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers
title_full_unstemmed Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers
title_short Boundary Vorticity Dynamics at Very Large Reynolds Numbers
title_sort boundary vorticity dynamics at very large reynolds numbers
topic Boundary layer structure
Shear waves
Vortex dynamics
url http://bulletin.incas.ro/files/dumitrescu_cardos_malael_vol_7_iss_3.pdf
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