Streamline bifurcations and scaling theory for a multiple-wake model |
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Authors: | Babak G. Oskouei Paul K. Newton |
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Affiliation: | Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, 854 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1191, United States |
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Abstract: | We investigate the interaction between multiple arrays of (reverse) von Kármán streets as a model for the mid-wake regions produced by schooling fish. There exist configurations where an infinite array of vortex streets is in relative equilibrium, that is, the streets move together with the same translational velocity. We examine the topology of the streamline patterns in a frame moving with the same translational velocity as the streets. Fluid is advected along different paths depending on the distance separating two adjacent streets. When the distance between the streets is large enough, each street behaves as a single von Kármán street and fluid moves globally between two adjacent streets. When the streets get closer to each other, the number of streets that enter into partnership in transporting fluid among themselves increases. This observation motivates a bifurcation analysis which links the distance between streets to the maximum number of streets transporting fluid among themselves. We describe a scaling law relating the number of streets that enter into partnership as a function of the three main parameters associated with the system, two associated with each individual street (determining the aspect ratio of the street), and a third associated with the distance between neighboring streets. In the final section we speculate on the timescale associated with the lifetime of the coherence of this mid-wake scaling regime. |
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Keywords: | Mid-wake interactions Multiple von Ká rmá n streets Bifurcation analysis Scaling theory |
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