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Convective instability in steady stenotic flow: optimal transient growth and experimental observation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2010

M. D. GRIFFITH ,
M. C. THOMPSON ,
T. LEWEKE  and
K. HOURIGAN
M. D. GRIFFITH*
Affiliation:
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Division of Biological Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
M. C. THOMPSON
Affiliation:
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Division of Biological Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
T. LEWEKE
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE), CNRS/Universités Aix-Marseille, 49 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie, BP 146, F-13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
K. HOURIGAN
Affiliation:
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Division of Biological Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
*
†Email address for correspondence: martin.griffith@eng.monash.edu.au
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Abstract

An optimal transient growth analysis is compared with experimental observation for the steady flow through an abrupt, axisymmetric stenosis of varying stenosis degree. Across the stenosis range, a localized sinuous convective shear-layer instability type is predicted to dominate. A comparison of the shape and development of the optimal modes is made with experimental dye visualizations. The presence of the same sinuous-type disturbance immediately upstream of the highly chaotic region observed in the experimental flow is consistent with the optimal growth predictions. This, together with the fact that the flow is unstable globally only at much higher Reynolds numbers, suggests bypass transition.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 655 , 25 July 2010 , pp. 504 - 514
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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