PIV of a precessing cylinder flow at large tilt angles

Thomas Albrecht, Hugh Blackburn, Patrice Meunier, Richard Manasseh, Juan Lopez

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Abstract

Planar particle image velocimetry measurements of the flow in a precessing cylinder are presented for nutation angles of up to 15°. For a case of a moderate Reynolds number, we observe a rapid transition to a disordered state with a brief appearance of structures of high azimuthal wave numbers. Similarity to observations reported in previous experiments and numerical simulations at much lower tilt angle, but higher Poincaré number suggests, a triadic resonance as the transition mechanism. Amplitudes of the forced mode and the mean streaming flow are extracted; their scaling with Reynolds number is found to agree reasonably well with weakly nonlinear theory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication9th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2015
PublisherTSFP-9
ISBN (Electronic)9780000000002
StatePublished - 2015
Event9th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2015 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: Jun 30 2015Jul 3 2015

Publication series

Name9th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2015
Volume2

Other

Other9th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2015
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period6/30/157/3/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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