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Internal structure of vortex rings and helical vortices

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The internal structure of vortex rings and helical vortices is studied using asymptotic analysis and numerical simulations in cases where the core size of the vortex is small compared to its radius of curvature, or to the distance to other vortices. Several configurations are considered: a single vortex ring, an array of equally-spaced rings, a single helix and a regular array of helices. For such cases, the internal structure is assumed to be at leading order an axisymmetric concentrated vortex with an internal jet. A dipolar correction arises at first order and is shown to be the same for all cases, depending only on the local vortex curvature. A quadrupolar correction arises at second order. It is composed of two contributions, one associated with local curvature and another one arising from a non-local external 2-D strain field. This strain field itself is obtained by performing an asymptotic matching of the local internal solution with the external solution obtained from the Biot–Savart law. Only the amplitude of this strain field varies from one case to another. These asymptotic results are thereafter confronted with flow solutions obtained by direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the Navier–Stokes equations. Two different codes are used: for vortex rings, the simulations are performed in the axisymmetric framework; for helices, simulations are run using a dedicated code with built-in helical symmetry. Quantitative agreement is obtained. How these results can be used to theoretically predict the occurrence of both the elliptic instability and the curvature instability is finally addressed.
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hal-01447208 , version 1 (26-01-2017)

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Francisco J. Blanco-Rodríguez, Stéphane Le Dizès, Can Selçuk, Ivan Delbende, Maurice Rossi. Internal structure of vortex rings and helical vortices. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015, 785, pp.219 - 247. ⟨10.1017/jfm.2015.631⟩. ⟨hal-01447208⟩
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