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Nonlinear interactions between the two wakes behind a pair of square cylinders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2014

J. Mizushima  and
G. Hatsuda
J. Mizushima*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
G. Hatsuda
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
*
†Email address for correspondence: jmizushi@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
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Abstract

Nonlinear interactions between the two wakes behind a pair of square cylinders, which are placed side by side in a uniform flow, are investigated by the linear and weakly nonlinear stability analyses and numerical simulations. It is known from the linear stability analysis that the flow past a pair of cylinders becomes unstable to a symmetric or an antisymmetric mode of disturbance, depending on the gap ratio, the ratio of the gap distance between the two cylinders to the cylinder diameter. The antisymmetric mode gives the critical condition for smaller gap ratios than a threshold value, and for larger gap ratios the symmetric mode becomes the most unstable. We focus on the flow pattern arising through the nonlinear interactions of the two modes of disturbance for gap ratios around the threshold value when both modes are growing. We derive a couple of amplitude equations for the two modes to properly describe the nonlinear interaction between them by applying the weakly nonlinear stability theory. The amplitude equations are shown to have three equilibrium solutions except the null solution such as a mixed-mode solution, symmetric and antisymmetric single-mode solutions. Examination of the stability of each equilibrium solution leads to a conclusion that the mixed-mode solution exchange its stability with both the symmetric and the antisymmetric single-mode solutions simultaneously. In the case where the mixed-mode solution is stable, both the symmetric and antisymmetric modes have finite amplitudes, and the resultant flow has an asymmetric flow pattern comprising of finite amplitudes of the two modes of disturbance superposed on the steady symmetric flow. While in the case where both the single-mode solutions are stable, either of the symmetric- and antisymmetric-mode solutions survives, overwhelming the other. Then, if the symmetric mode attains at an equilibrium finite amplitude and the antisymmetric mode vanishes, the resultant flow is symmetric, and if the antisymmetric mode survives and the symmetric mode decays out, the flow becomes asymmetric with the antisymmetric mode of disturbance superposed on the steady symmetric flow. Thus, the flow appearing due to instability differs depending on the initial condition, not uniquely determined, when both single-mode solutions are stable. We numerically delineated the region in the parameter space of the gap ratio and the Reynolds number where the mixed-mode solution is stable. The theoretical results obtained from the weakly nonlinear stability analyses are confirmed by numerical simulations. The conclusion derived from the stability analysis of the equilibrium solutions of the amplitude equations is widely applicable also to other double Hopf bifurcation problems.

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Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Bifurcation Instability: Nonlinear instability Wakes/Jets: Wakes
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 759 , 25 November 2014 , pp. 295 - 320
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