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Transitions to three-dimensional flows in a cylinder driven by oscillations of the sidewall

C. Panades, F. Marques & J. M. Lopez

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 681 (2011),   pp. 515-536

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St=10 St=32 St=50 St=100

Movie 1. Animations of the streamfunction ψ (top row) and the azimuthal vorticity η (bottom row) of the basic state at four St values as specified, for amplitudes Re very close to the critical value. Download movies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8.

B1: (Re, St)=(340, 10) B2: (Re, St)=(520, 32) A2: (Re, St)=(700, 100)

Movie 2. Isosurfaces of radial vorticity (solid) and of azimuthal vorticity (translucent) for the synchronous states. Download movies: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.

MRW1 MSW1

Movie 3. Isosurfaces of radial vorticity (solid) and of azimuthal vorticity (translucent) for the quasi=periodic states MRW1 and MSW1, both at (Re, St)=(615, 50); only MRW1 is stable. Download movies: 3.1, 3.2.

MRW1 strobed MSW1 strobed

Movie 4. Same as in movie 3, but strobed once per period. Download movies: 4.1, 4.2.