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Kerr, Robert M. (2018) Topology of interacting coiled vortex rings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 854 (R2). doi:10.1017/jfm.2018.665
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.665
Abstract
Pairs of nested vortex rings, one with coils, are evolved numerically to compare their topological numbers to those of recent experiments reported in Scheeler et al. (Science, vol. 357, 2017, pp. 487–491). Included are the twist Tw , writhe Wr and self-linking LS numbers, plus centreline helicities Hc . The questions are: can the experimental numbers be validated and do these numbers have roles in the dynamics of the global helicities H and enstrophies Z with respect to cascades? Topological analysis of the experiments t=0 analytic centreline vortex trajectories validates only the writhe measurements, not their values of Tw and LS , which obey Tw≲LS=m≫Wr for m -coil rings. Not Tw≪Wr . To suggest why the large twists do not contribute to H , it is noted that the mapping of the coiled rings onto the mesh is to a first approximation a single pair of Clebsch potentials, whose self-helicity HS≡0 . Numerical rings with circulations Γ , including some single rings, show small initial helicities with H(0)≈Hc∼(1 to 2)WrΓ2 ≪LSΓ2 . For time and velocity scales that are consistent with the experiments, as the coils evolve, their Tw , Wr , LS numbers and their helicities are nearly static until reconnection. Nonetheless, Wr and Tw retain important complementary roles in the dynamics of the global helicity H and enstrophy Z , with the evolution of the torsion τ(s) profile showing the beginnings of a cascade to small scales.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Mathematics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Topology, Rings (Algebra) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-1120 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 10 November 2018 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 September 2018 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 854 | ||||||||
| Number: | R2 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/jfm.2018.665 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | © Cambridge University Press 2018 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Cambridge University Press |
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