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Subharmonics and vortex merging in mixing layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Chih-Ming Ho  and
Lein-Saing Huang
Chih-Ming Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A.
Lein-Saing Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A.
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Abstract

In the present study, it is shown that the spreading rate of a mixing layer can be greatly manipulated at very low forcing level if the mixing layer is perturbed near a subharmonic of the most-amplified frequency. The subharmonic forcing technique is able to make several vortices merge simultaneously and hence increases the spreading rate dramatically. A new mechanism, ‘collective interaction’, was found which can bypass the sequential stages of vortex merging and make a large number of vortices (ten or more) coalesce.

A deeper physical insight into the evolution of the coherent structures is revealed through the investigation of a forced mixing layer. The stability and the forcing function play important roles in determining the initial formation of the vortices. The subharmonic starts to amplify at the location where the phase speed of the subharmonic matches that of the fundamental. The position where vortices are seen to align vertically coincides with the position where the measured subharmonic reaches its peak. This location is defined as the merging location, and it can be determined from the feedback equation (Ho & Nosseir 1981).

The spreading rate and the velocity profiles of the forced mixing layer are distinctly different from the unforced case. The data show that the initial condition has a longlasting effect on the development of the mixing layer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 119 , June 1982 , pp. 443 - 473
Copyright
© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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