Emergence of acoustic waves from vorticity fluctuations: impact of non-normality

George, Joseph ; Sujith, R. I. (2009) Emergence of acoustic waves from vorticity fluctuations: impact of non-normality Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, Biological, and Soft Matter Physics, 80 (4). Article ID 046321. ISSN 1539-3755

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Abstract

Chagelishvili et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3178 (1997)] discovered a linear mechanism of acoustic wave emergence from vorticity fluctuations in shear flows. This paper illustrates how this “nonresonant” phenomenon is related to the non-normality of the operator governing the linear dynamics of disturbances in shear flows. The non-self-adjoint nature of the governing operator causes the emergent acoustic wave to interact strongly with the vorticity disturbance. Analytical expressions are obtained for the nondivergent vorticity perturbation. A discontinuity in the x component of the velocity field corresponding to the vorticity disturbance was originally identified to be the cause of acoustic wave emergence. However, a different mechanism is proposed in this paper. The correct “acoustic source” is identified and the reason for the abrupt nature of wave emergence is explained. The impact of viscous damping is also discussed.

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