Splitting, merging and wavelength selection of vortices in curved and/or rotating channel flow due to Eckhaus instability

Y Guo, WH Finlay - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1991 - cambridge.org
In channels with rotation (about their spanwise axis) or curvature or both, steady two-
dimensional vortices develop above a critical Reynolds number Rec, owing to centrifugal or …

Transition to turbulence on a rotating wind turbine blade at

TCL Fava, D Massaro, P Schlatter… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The boundary-layer stability on a section of a rotating wind turbine blade with an FFA-W3
series aerofoil at a chord Reynolds number of of the free stream velocity directed towards …

The effect of spanwise system rotation on Dean vortices

OJE Matsson, PH Alfredsson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1994 - cambridge.org
An experimental study is reported of the flow in a high-aspect-ratio curved air channel with
spanwise system rotation, utilizing hot-wire measurements and smoke visualization. The …

Splitting, merging and spanwise wavenumber selection of Dean vortex pairs

PM Ligrani, JE Longest, MR Kendall, WA Fields - Experiments in fluids, 1994 - Springer
Splitting, merging and spanwise wavenumber selection are studied during the initial
development of Dean vortex pairs in a channel with mild curvature, an aspect ratio of 40 …

Transition from order to disorder in elliptical flow: a direct path to shear flow turbulence

WVR Malkus, FA Waleffe - Advances in Turbulence 3: Proceedings of the …, 1991 - Springer
Experiments on the instability of fluid in a rotating elliptically distorted elastic cylinder reveal
that the origin of the observed broadband disordered flow is the collapse of the principal …

Visualisation studies of the transition regime flow in a channel of varying cross section under the influence of Coriolis force

G Marliani, M Matzkeit, VIV Ram - Experiments in fluids, 1997 - Springer
This paper is a flow visualisation study of the effect of Coriolis force on the flow in the
transition regime in a channel with a mild change in cross section. Transition in this flow is …

Effect of rotation on the formation of longitudinal vortices in mixed convection flow over a flat plate

MH Lin, CT Chen - Heat and mass transfer, 2006 - Springer
This paper presents a numerical study of the effect of rotation on the formation of longitudinal
vortices in mixed convection flow over a flat plate. The criterion on the position of marking …

Effect of rotation on Goertler vortices in the boundary layer flow on a curved surface

CT Chen, MH Lin - … journal for numerical methods in fluids, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a numerical prediction of the formation of Goertler vortices on a curved
surface with effect of rotation. The criterion of flow visualization marking the onset position of …

Magnetic effect on the formation of longitudinal vortices in a rotating laminar boundary layer

MH Lin - International journal for numerical methods in fluids, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a numerical study of magnetic effect on the formation of longitudinal
vortices in a rotating laminar boundary layer. The criterion for the position marking the onset …

Secondary instability associated with streamwise vortices in a rotating boundary layer

S Masuda, D Hori, M Matsubara - … , Sendai/Japan, September 5–9, 1994, 1995 - Springer
The experiment on the secondary instability associated with Goertler vortices in rotating
boundary layer is presented. The flow visualizations and hot-wire measurements show the …