Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes simulations of the Crow instability of wake vortices are conducted using large-eddy simulations without background turbulence. Sinusoidal displacement has been specified as the initial perturbation for the vortex system. The results have shown that the minimum Crow instability wavelength is about one vortex spacing shorter than predicted by Crow's linear stability theory. The planar- standing-wave-angle value and the amplitude indifference behavior agree with Crow's analysis. Simulations with periodicity in the axial direction have indicated minor influence of axial flow on the Crow instability.
Keywords:
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Type:
AIAA Paper 99-0981
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Aerospace Sciences; Jan 11, 1999 - Jan 14, 1999; Reno, NV; United States
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