143 research outputs found
Theory of the collapsing axisymmetric cavity
We investigate the collapse of an axisymmetric cavity or bubble inside a
fluid of small viscosity, like water. Any effects of the gas inside the cavity
as well as of the fluid viscosity are neglected. Using a slender-body
description, we show that the minimum radius of the cavity scales like , where is the time from collapse. The exponent
very slowly approaches a universal value according to . Thus, as observed in a number of recent experiments, the
scaling can easily be interpreted as evidence of a single non-trivial scaling
exponent. Our predictions are confirmed by numerical simulations
Buckling instability of crown sealing
Despite the scholarly fascination with water entry of spheres for well over a century,1 we present a new observation, namely, the crown-buckling instability. This instability is characterized by striations appearing near the top of the crown walls just prior to the surface seal, as shown in Fig. 1(a). The crown wall collapses inward due to the pressure differential across the wall created by the moving air in the wake of the sphere and surface tension within the crown. Since the rate of collapse is faster than that at which fluid drains out from the neck region, fluid collects into the striations and the crown buckles. The wall is slightly thicker along these striations than in between where the films are more susceptible to air flow and get drawn inward into the crown interior, thereby developing into bag-like structures (Figs. 1(a) and 1(b)) that ultimately atomize, causing a fine spray inside the crown. Under atmospheric conditions, this typically occurs within 5 ms after impact
Local properties of extended self-similarity in 3D turbulence
Using a generalization of extended self-similarity we have studied local
scaling properties of 3D turbulence in a direct numerical simulation. We have
found that these properties are consistent with lognormal-like behavior of
energy dissipation fluctuations with moderate amplitudes for space scales
beginning from Kolmogorov length up to the largest scales, and in the
whole range of the Reynolds numbers: . The
locally determined intermittency exponent varies with ; it has a
maximum at scale , independent of .Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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