Abstract

The lowest swirling wave mode arising in upright circular cylinders as a response to circular orbital excitation has been widely studied in the last decade, largely due to its high practical relevance for orbitally shaken bioreactors. Our recent theoretical study (Horstmann et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 891, 2020, A22) revealed a damping-induced symmetry breaking mechanism that can cause spiral wave structures manifested in the so far widely disregarded higher rotating wave modes. Building on this work, we develop a linear criterion describing the degree of spiralisation and classify different spiral regimes as a function of the most relevant dimensionless groups. The analysis suggests that high Bond numbers and shallow liquid layers favour the formation of coherent spiral waves. This result paved the way to find the predicted wave structures in our interfacial sloshing experiment. We present two sets of experiments, with different characteristic damping rates, verifying the formation of both coherent and overdamped spiral waves in conformity with the theoretical predictions.

Details

Title
Formation of spiral waves in cylindrical containers under orbital excitation
Author
Horstmann, G M 1 ; Anders, S 2 ; Kelley, D H 3 ; Weier, T 2 

 Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden–Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA 
 Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden–Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany 
 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA 
Section
JFM Papers
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Oct 2021
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
00221120
e-ISSN
14697645
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2564438611
Copyright
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