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We investigate the time-dependent flow of water around a solid triangular profile oscillating horizontally in a narrow rectangular container. The flow is quasi two-dimensional and using particle image velocimetry we measure 20 snapshots of the entire velocity field during a period of oscillation. From the velocity measurements we obtain the circulation of the vortices and study the vortex dynamics. The time-dependence of the flow gives rise to the formation of a jet-like flow structure which enhances the vorticity production compared to the time-independent case. We introduce a simple phenomenological model to describe the important dynamical parameters of the flow, i.e., the vortex circulation and the jet velocity. We solve the model analytically without viscous damping and find good agreement between the model predictions and our measurements. Our work adds to the recent effort to understand more complicated flows past sand-ripples and insect wings.
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Received: 6 January 2004, Published online: 20 April 2004
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47.32.Cc Vortex dynamics - 47.32.Ff Separated flows
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Sand Jespersen, T., Thomassen, J.Q., Andersen, A. et al. Vortex dynamics around a solid ripple in an oscillatory flow. Eur. Phys. J. B 38, 127–138 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00108-y
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