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Instability of a dusty vortex

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JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
卷 948, 期 -, 页码 -

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.687

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particle/fluid flow; vortex instability

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  1. US National Science Foundation [2148710]
  2. IIT Madras
  3. Directorate For Engineering
  4. Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [2148710] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We investigate the effect of inertial particles dispersed in a circular patch of finite radius on the stability of a two-dimensional Rankine vortex in semi-dilute dusty flows. The feedback force from the particles triggers a novel instability, and even non-inertial particles can destabilize the vortex. A critical mass loading is identified, above which a specific eigenmode becomes unstable. Inertial particles have different impacts on stability compared to non-inertial particles. High-wavenumber modes emerge after the linear stage, causing the breakdown of the initial Rankine structure. This novel instability highlights how the feedback force from the disperse phase can induce the breakdown of an otherwise resilient vortical structure.
We investigate the effect of inertial particles dispersed in a circular patch of finite radius on the stability of a two-dimensional Rankine vortex in semi-dilute dusty flows. Unlike the particle-free case where no unstable modes exist, we show that the feedback force from the particles triggers a novel instability. The mechanisms driving the instability are characterized using linear stability analysis for weakly inertial particles and further validated against Eulerian-Lagrangian simulations. We show that the particle-laden vortex is always unstable if the mass loading M > 0. Surprisingly, even non-inertial particles destabilize the vortex by a mechanism analogous to the centrifugal Rayleigh-Taylor instability in radially stratified vortex with density jump. We identify a critical mass loading above which an eigenmode m becomes unstable. This critical mass loading drops to zero as in increases. When particles are inertial, modes that fall below the critical mass loading become unstable, whereas modes above it remain unstable but with lower growth rates compared with the non-inertial case. Comparison with Eulerian-Lagrangian simulations shows that growth rates computed from simulations match well the theoretical predictions. Past the linear stage, we observe the emergence of high-wavenumber modes that turn into spiralling arms of concentrated particles emanating out of the core, while regions of particle-free flow are sucked inward. The voracity field displays a similar pattern which leads to the breakdown of the initial Rankine structure. This novel instability for a dusty vortex highlights how the feedback force from the disperse phase can induce the breakdown of an otherwise resilient vortical structure.

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