Stability Analysis and Bifurcation of Two Dimensional Incompressible Flow Around Circular Cylinder

Author(s):  
Wei Kang ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Jia-zhong Zhang

Special attention is paid to the stability of the flow around circular cylinder, in particular to the evolution of vortices. From viewpoint of nonlinear dynamics, the stability of streamline patterns of the flow field is analyzed using qualitative theory of differential equations. Combined with the critical points of the flow, the local solutions of flow equations are derived to discuss the change of flow topology. It can be seen that the birth of vortices behind the cylinder are the results of the bifurcations of the corresponding critical points.

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Konangi ◽  
Nikhil K. Palakurthi ◽  
Urmila Ghia

The goal of this paper is to derive the von Neumann stability conditions for the pressure-based solution scheme, semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equations (SIMPLE). The SIMPLE scheme lies at the heart of a class of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) algorithms built into several commercial and open-source CFD software packages. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no readily usable stability guidelines appear to be available for this popularly employed scheme. The Euler equations are examined, as the inclusion of viscosity in the Navier–Stokes (NS) equation serves to only soften the stability limits. First, the one-dimensional (1D) Euler equations are studied, and their stability properties are delineated. Next, a rigorous stability analysis is carried out for the two-dimensional (2D) Euler equations; the analysis of the 2D equations is considerably more challenging as compared to analysis of the 1D form of equations. The Euler equations are discretized using finite differences on a staggered grid, which is used to achieve equivalence to finite-volume discretization. Error amplification matrices are determined from the stability analysis, stable and unstable regimes are identified, and practical stability limits are predicted in terms of the maximum allowable Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy (CFL) number as a function of Mach number. The predictions are verified using the Riemann problem, and very good agreement is obtained between the analytically predicted and the “experimentally” observed CFL values. The successfully tested stability limits are presented in graphical form, as compared to complicated mathematical expressions often reported in published literature. Since our analysis accounts for the solution scheme along with the full system of flow equations, the conditions reported in this paper offer practical value over the conditions that arise from analysis of simplified 1D model equations.


In the first part of this paper opportunity has been taken to make some adjustments in certain general formulae of previous papers, the necessity for which appeared in discussions with other workers on this subject. The general results thus amended are then applied to a general discussion of the stability problem including the effect of the trailing wake which was deliberately excluded in the previous paper. The general conclusion is that to a first approximation the wake, as usually assumed, has little or no effect on the reality of the roots of the period equation, but that it may introduce instability of the oscillations, if the centre of gravity of the element is not sufficiently far forward. During the discussion contact is made with certain partial results recently obtained by von Karman and Sears, which are shown to be particular cases of the general formulae. An Appendix is also added containing certain results on the motion of a vortex behind a moving cylinder, which were obtained to justify certain of the assumptions underlying the trail theory.


2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Dimitrijević ◽  
Guy Daniel Mortchéléwicz ◽  
Fabrice Poirion

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Schwartz ◽  
Taylor Martin

If distributed cognition is to become a general analytic frame, it needs to handle more aspects of cognition than just highly efficient problem solving. It should also handle learning. We identify four classes of distributed learning: induction, repurposing, symbiotic tuning, and mutual adaptation. The four classes of distributed learning fit into a two-dimensional space defined by the stability and adaptability of individuals and their environments. In all four classes of learning, people and their environments are highly interdependent during initial learning. At the same time, we present evidence indicating that certain types of interdependence in early learning, most notably mutual adaptation, can help prepare people to be less dependent on their immediate environment and more adaptive when they confront new environments. We also describe and test examples of learning technologies that implement mutual adaptation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 645 ◽  
pp. 411-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER GUBA ◽  
M. GRAE WORSTER

We study nonlinear, two-dimensional convection in a mushy layer during solidification of a binary mixture. We consider a particular limit in which the onset of oscillatory convection just precedes the onset of steady overturning convection, at a prescribed aspect ratio of convection patterns. This asymptotic limit allows us to determine nonlinear solutions analytically. The results provide a complete description of the stability of and transitions between steady and oscillatory convection as functions of the Rayleigh number and the compositional ratio. Of particular focus are the effects of the basic-state asymmetries and non-uniformity in the permeability of the mushy layer, which give rise to abrupt (hysteretic) transitions in the system. We find that the transition between travelling and standing waves, as well as that between standing waves and steady convection, can be hysteretic. The relevance of our theoretical predictions to recent experiments on directionally solidifying mushy layers is also discussed.


1985 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 4760-4762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Hamilton

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