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On the streamwise vorticity generation and distribution in an angular particle wake

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JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Volume 964, Issue -, Pages -

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.408

Keywords

par ticle/fluid flow; boundary layer separation; vortex dynamics

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We investigate the mechanism and distribution pattern of streamwise vorticity generation in an unbounded steady inertial flow past a fixed Platonic polyhedron. Our study provides evidence that the tilting of transverse vorticity originating from the particle front surface is the primary cause of streamwise vorticity generation. The vorticity patterns show symmetry with the particle front surface and can be used as a diagnostic tool for inferring the particle's front surface geometry and predicting its stable angular position.
We investigate the streamwise vorticity generation mechanism and distribution pattern in an unbounded steady inertial flow past a fixed Platonic polyhedron. Three angular positions are selected: an edge facing the flow (E), a face facing the flow (F) and a vertex facing the flow (V). We provide compelling evidence that the generation of the streamwise vorticity is primarily caused by the tilting of the transverse vorticity that originates from the particle front surface. Each inclined face on the front surface generates a pair of opposite-signed streamwise vortices. They are advected to the particle wake and form a chiral vorticity pattern which preserves the symmetry of the particle front surface. Two particles at dual angular positions exhibit highly similar vorticity patterns. Our study reveals a striking similarity between the vorticity patterns and the far-field optics diffraction pattern of a light beam past a polygonal aperture. We discover the deterministic vorticity generation mechanism to predict the streamwise vorticity patterns based on the distribution of edges and inclined faces on the particle front surface. Conversely, the vorticity patterns themselves can serve as a diagnostic tool to infer the geometry of the opaque particle front surface. Additionally, the vorticity patterns can be used to predict the stable angular position of a freely settling angular particle, which tends to be such that the number of streamwise vorticity pairs in the wake is maximized.

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