Double vortices and single-eyed vortices in a rotating cylinder under thermal gradients. (English) Zbl 1370.76023
Summary: In this paper we use nonlinear simulations to show the generation of single-cell vortices, two-cell vortices and double vortices in a cylinder non-homogeneously heated from below in a rotating reference frame. For moderate rotation rates we show the transition from an axisymmetric one-cell vortex, characterized by an updraft at the center of the cell, to an axisymmetric two-cell vortex, characterized by a central downdraft surrounded by updraft, i.e., a vortex that develops a central eye. This transition can be explained through a force balance analysis. When the thermal gradient increases beyond a certain threshold the axisymmetric single-eyed vortex loses the axisymmetry, the eye displaces from the center and tilts. For larger rotation rates the axisymmetric one-cell vortex bifurcates to a double vortex.
MSC:
| 76B47 | Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids |
| 76U05 | General theory of rotating fluids |
| 76M22 | Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics |
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