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Instabilities and inertial waves generated in a librating cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2011

J. M. Lopez  and
F. Marques
J. M. Lopez*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea
F. Marques
Affiliation:
Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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†Email address for correspondence: juan.m.lopez@asu.edu
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Abstract

A librating cylinder consists of a rotating cylinder whose rate of rotation is modulated. When the mean rotation rate is large compared with the viscous damping rate, the flow may support inertial waves, depending on the frequency of the modulation. The modulation also produces time-dependent boundary layers on the cylinder endwalls and sidewall, and the sidewall boundary layer flow in particular is susceptible to instabilities which can introduce additional forcing on the interior flow with time scales different from the modulation period. These instabilities may also drive and/or modify the inertial waves. In this paper, we explore such flows numerically using a spectral-collocation code solving the Navier–Stokes equations in order to capture the dynamics involved in the interactions between the inertial waves and the viscous boundary layer flows.

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Boundary Layers: Boundary layer stability Instability: Nonlinear instability Turbulent Flows: Rotating turbulence
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 687 , 25 November 2011 , pp. 171 - 193
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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Lopez and Marques supplementary movie

Movie 1. Azimuthal vorticity on the sidewall over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$,$\omega=0.8\pi$ and $\alpha=0.82$. (Movie corresponds to figure 8c in the paper).

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Movie 1. Azimuthal vorticity on the sidewall over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$,$\omega=0.8\pi$ and $\alpha=0.82$. (Movie corresponds to figure 8c in the paper).

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Movie 2. Azimuthal vorticity on the sidewall over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$,$\omega=0.8\pi$ and $\alpha=0.90$. (Movie corresponds to figure 8d in the paper).

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Movie 2. Azimuthal vorticity on the sidewall over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$,$\omega=0.8\pi$ and $\alpha=0.90$. (Movie corresponds to figure 8d in the paper).

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Movie 3. Azimuthal vorticity in a meridional plane $\theta=0$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.9\pi$ and $\alpha=0.8$. (Movie corresponds to figure 9c in the paper).

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Movie 3. Azimuthal vorticity in a meridional plane $\theta=0$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.9\pi$ and $\alpha=0.8$. (Movie corresponds to figure 9c in the paper).

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Movie 4. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.9\pi$ and $\alpha=0.8$. (Movie corresponds to figure 9d in the paper).

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Movie 4. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.9\pi$ and $\alpha=0.8$. (Movie corresponds to figure 9d in the paper).

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Movie 5. Azimuthal vorticity on the sidewall over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 10d in the paper).

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Movie 5. Azimuthal vorticity on the sidewall over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 10d in the paper).

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Movie 6. Azimuthal vorticity in a meridional plane $\thata=0$ at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 11d in the paper).

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Movie 6. Azimuthal vorticity in a meridional plane $\thata=0$ at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 11d in the paper).

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Movie 7. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.3$ (Movie corresponds to figure 12b in the paper).

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Movie 7. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.3$ (Movie corresponds to figure 12b in the paper).

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Movie 8. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 12d in the paper).

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Movie 8. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.6\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 12d in the paper).

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Movie 9. Azimuthal vorticity in a meridional plane $\thata=0$ at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.4\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 16d in the paper).

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Movie 9. Azimuthal vorticity in a meridional plane $\thata=0$ at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.4\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 16d in the paper).

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Movie 10. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.4\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 17d in the paper).

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Movie 10. Azimuthal vorticity in a horizontal plane $z=0.25$ over one period at $Re=10^4$, $\gamma=1$, $\omega=0.4\pi$ and $\alpha=0.7$. (Movie corresponds to figure 17d in the paper).

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