Mixing Within Patterned Vortex Core
Fluid Dynamics
2009-10-20 v1
Abstract
The video shows the flow dynamics within inner and outer regions of a vortex core. The observed phenomena mimic a transport process occurring within the Antarctic vortex. The video shows two distinct regions: a strongly mixed core and broad ring of weakly mixed region extending out the vortex core boundaries. The two regions are separated by a thin layer that isolates the weakly and strongly mixed regions; this thin layer behaves as barrier to the mixing of the two regions. The video shows that the barriers deplete when a swirl of the vortex core increases and the vortex core espouses a triangular pattern.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.3228,
title = {Mixing Within Patterned Vortex Core},
author = {Hamid Ait Abderrahmane and Mohamed Fayed and Amr Mandour and Lyes Kadem and Georgios H. Vatistas and Hoi Dick Ng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.3228},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics Video