Forced vortex merging and splitting events in ferrofluidic Couette flow

Time-dependent boundary conditions being an ubiquitous observation in numerous natural and industrial flows. However, to date the influence of such temporal modulations has been given minor attention. The present problem addresses ferrofluidic Couette flow in between co-rotating cylinders in a spati...

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Autor: Altmeyer, Sebastian Andreas|||0000-0001-5964-0203
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/389770
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/389770
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.170666
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Shear flow
Magnetic fluids
Taylor vortices
Taylor-Couette flow
Vortex splitting and merging
Ferrofluids
Alternating magnetic field
Time-dependent forcing
Vòrtexs de Taylor
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Resumo:Time-dependent boundary conditions being an ubiquitous observation in numerous natural and industrial flows. However, to date the influence of such temporal modulations has been given minor attention. The present problem addresses ferrofluidic Couette flow in between co-rotating cylinders in a spatially homogeneous magnetic field subject to time-periodic modulation. Using a modified Niklas approximation, we study the effect of amplitude and frequency modulation onto the the transition scenarios between different toroidal flow structures, nV states, via vortex merging and splitting. Thereby the system response appears to be quite sensitive/dependent on the driving frequency OH , which can cause a notable “delay” in the system response. Aside, as a result of the inertia of the ferrofluid, resisting the fast-changing accelerating Kelvin force, new, temporal nV states appear within an alternating field. These states are unstable under static fields. Finally we show that within the same nV state, while keeping similar flow dynamics, large discrepancies in angular momentum and torque can be observed.