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Resonant instability in two-dimensional vortex arrays by Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proceedings A Volume 467(2128):1164-1185 April 8, 2011 ©2011 by The Royal Society

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Page 1: Resonant instability in two-dimensional vortex arrays by Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proceedings A Volume 467(2128):1164-1185 April

Resonant instability in two-dimensional vortex arrays

by Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson

Proceedings AVolume 467(2128):1164-1185

April 8, 2011

©2011 by The Royal Society

Page 2: Resonant instability in two-dimensional vortex arrays by Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proceedings A Volume 467(2128):1164-1185 April

Possible eigenvalue behaviour for (a) an exchange of stability (giving rise to a non-propagating unstable eigenmode), and (b) a Hamiltonian Hopf bifurcation (leading to an oscillatory

instability).

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Schematic of perturbations involving (a) a displacement or (b) deformation of the vortex cores. m denotes the azimuthal wavenumber of the perturbation.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Perturbation involving an overall displacement of the configuration, schematically illustrated through the case of a co-rotating vortex pair.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Schematic of possible phase relations between disturbances on three vortices.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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(a) Angular velocity for the elliptical model (dashed line) and the full solution (solid line) for three identical co-rotating vortices.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Selected eigenvalues for three co-rotating vortices, showing the prediction for the development of the first resonance from the elliptical model (a), together with results from an accurate linear

stability analysis (b).

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Eigenvalues for three co-rotating vortices.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Close-up view of the second resonance occurring for three vortices.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society

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Imaginary part of the overall-displacement eigenvalue σI and of the angular velocity Ω of the configuration.

Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, and Charles H. K. Williamson Proc. R. Soc. A 2011;467:1164-1185

©2011 by The Royal Society