Theory of Concentrated Vortices

Theory of Concentrated Vortices
Author: S. V. Alekseenko
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2007-08-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540733760

This book presents comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the wide field of concentrated vortices observed in nature and technique. The methods for research of their kinematics and dynamics are considered. Special attention is paid to the flows with helical symmetry. The authors have described models of vortex structures used for interpretation of experimental data which serve as a ground for development of theoretical and numerical approaches to vortex investigation.

Coherent Vortex Structures in Fluids and Plasmas

Coherent Vortex Structures in Fluids and Plasmas
Author: Anatoli Tur
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2017-04-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319527339

This monograph introduces readers to the hydrodynamics of vortex formation, and reviews the last decade of active research in the field, offering a unique focus on research topics at the crossroads of traditional fluids and plasmas. Vortices are responsible for the process of macroscopic transport of momentum, energy and mass, and are formed as the result of spontaneous self-organization. Playing an important role in nature and technology, localized, coherent vortices are regularly observed in shear flows, submerged jets, afterbody flows and in atmospheric boundary layers, sometimes taking on the form of vortex streets. In addition, the book addresses a number of open issues, including but not limited to: which singularities are permitted in a 2D Euler equation besides point vortices? Which other, even more complex, localized vortices could be contained in the Euler equation? How do point vortices interact with potential waves?

Vortex Methods

Vortex Methods
Author: Georges-Henri Cottet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2000-03-13
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521621861

This book presents and analyses vortex methods as a tool for the direct numerical simulation of incompressible viscous flows.

Vortex Rings

Vortex Rings
Author: D. G. Akhmetov
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642050166

Vortex flow is one of the fundamental types of fluid and gas motion. These flows are the most spectacular in the form of concentrated vortices, characterized by the localization of vorticity (curl of velocity) in bounded regions of a space, beyond which the vorticity is either absent or rapidly falls down to zero. Concentrated vortices are often observed in nature, exemplified by atmospheric cyclones, whirlwinds and tornados, oceanic vortices, whirlpools on a water s- face, and ring vortices caused by explosive outburst of volcanoes. In technical - vices concentrated vortices form when flow separates from sharp edges of flying vehicles and ships. Among these are vortices flowing off the ends of airplane wings, and intentionally generated vortices for intensification of burning in c- bustion chambers, vortices in cyclonic devices used for mixing or separation of impurities in fluids and gases. One such remarkable and frequent type of conc- trated vortices is a vortex ring which constitutes a vortex tube closed into a t- oidal ring moving in a surrounding fluid like an isolated body out of contact with solid boundaries of the flow region if such boundaries exist. Formation and motion of vortex rings are important part of the dynamics of a continuum medium and have been studied for more than a century.

The Vortex State

The Vortex State
Author: N. Bontemps
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401109745

One of the most spectacular consequences of the description of the superfluid condensate in superfluid He or in superconductors as a single macroscopic quantum state is the quantization of circulation, resulting in quantized vortex lines. This book draws no distinction between superfluid He3 and He4 and superconductors. The reader will find the essential introductory chapters and the most recent theoretical and experimental progress in our understanding of the vortex state in both superconductors and superfluids, from lectures given by leading experts in the field, both experimentalists and theoreticians, who gathered in Cargèse for a NATO ASI. The peculiar features related to short coherence lengths, 2D geometry, high temperatures, disorder, and pinning are thoroughly discussed.