Impact of buoyancy on vortex ring development in the near field |
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Authors: | D Bond H Johari |
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Institution: | (1) Mechanical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA;(2) Present address: California State University, Northridge, CA, USA; |
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Abstract: | The development of a buoyant vortex ring in the near field was examined experimentally, and the findings were compared with
those of a non-buoyant ring with a similar Reynolds number. The experiments were performed in a water tank, and the vortices
were produced by a cylindrical tube of aspect ratio 2. Laser sheet flow visualization and PIV measurements were carried out.
In the near field, the initial column of the buoyant fluid breaks down due to the presence of Rayleigh–Taylor instability
at the buoyant fluid interface. Subsequently, a large diameter vortex ring with a large spreading rate, compared with the
non-buoyant ring, emerges. The celerity of buoyant vortex continued to decrease throughout the range examined, in contrast
to the constant celerity of the non-buoyant ring. The vorticity in the core of buoyant and non-buoyant vortex rings is symmetric
and has a Gaussian distribution. However, the buoyant vortex ring evolves into a thin core ring, whereas the non-buoyant ring
becomes a thick core ring shortly after the ring formation. This difference is brought on by the rapid entrainment and the
significant growth of the buoyant ring following the breakup of the initial formation. |
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