The effect of background rotation on fluid motions: a report on Euromech 245

The 245th Euromech Colloquium, on the effect of background rotation on fluid motions, was held in Cambridge from 10–13 April 1989 with the two authors acting as chairmen. There were sixty-five participants with widely different backgrounds. The striking feature of the Colloquium was the recent advances on nonlinear processes. A wide range of nonlinear phenomena was presented and particular emphasis was on the formation and dynamics of coherent vortices. The similarities between the processes in rotating, curved and stratified flows, which lead to anisotropic motions and long-lived coherent structures alongside linear wave motions was a feature of many of the presentations. Fifty-one papers were presented, covering engineering, geophysical and astrophysical applications of rotating fluids. These papers are summarized in this report with the purpose of giving an up-to-date view of current research in rotating fluids.

[1]  M. Rieutord.  Linear theory of rotating fluids using spherical harmonics part II, time-periodic flows , 1991 .

[2]  E. Hopfinger,et al.  Effects of rotation on turbulent mixing across a density interface , 1991, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[3]  P. Quéré,et al.  Numerical simulations of multiple flow transitions in axisymmetric annulus convection , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[4]  G. Heijst.  Spin-up phenomena in non-axisymmetric containers , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[5]  D. Dritschel.  On the stabilization of a two-dimensional vortex strip by adverse shear , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[6]  J. Herring,et al.  Numerical simulations of freely evolving turbulence in stably stratified fluids , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[7]  P. Alfredsson,et al.  Instabilities in channel flow with system rotation , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[8]  Claude Cambon,et al.  Spectral approach to non-isotropic turbulence subjected to rotation , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[9]  S. Monismith,et al.  Selective withdrawal and spin-up of a rotating stratified fluid , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[10]  A. Craik,et al.  The stability of unbounded two- and three-dimensional flows subject to body forces: some exact solutions , 1989, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[11]  G. Flierl.  On the instability of geostrophic vortices , 1988, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[12]  D. Pagan,et al.  Vortex breakdown induced by an adverse pressure gradient - Experimental and numerical approaches , 1987 .

[13]  H. Greenspan,et al.  Boundary layers in a sectioned centrifuge , 1987, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[14]  P. Bar-Yoseph,et al.  Vortex breakdown in spherical gap , 1987 .

[15]  Emil J. Hopfinger,et al.  Coalescing of geostrophic vortices , 1987, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[16]  B. M. Boubnov,et al.  Experimental study of convective structures in rotating fluids , 1986, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[17]  H. Greenspan,et al.  On the enhancement of centrifugal separation , 1985, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[18]  Joel H. Ferziger,et al.  Effect of rotation on isotropic turbulence: computation and modelling , 1985, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[19]  M. P. Escudier,et al.  Observations of the flow produced in a cylindrical container by a rotating endwall , 1984 .

[20]  James C. McWilliams,et al.  The emergence of isolated coherent vortices in turbulent flow , 1984, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[21]  R. Pfeffer,et al.  Transition to geostrophic turbulence in a rotating differentially heated annulus of fluid , 1984, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[22]  P. Read,et al.  Long-lived eddies in the laboratory and in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn , 1983, Nature.

[23]  Emil J. Hopfinger,et al.  Turbulence and waves in a rotating tank , 1982, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[24]  Paul Linden,et al.  The stability of buoyancy-driven coastal currents , 1981 .

[25]  P. Atten,et al.  Instability and convection in fluid layers: A report on Euromech 106 , 1979, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[26]  J. Gower,et al.  Vortex Streets in the Wake of the Aleutian Islands , 1977 .

[27]  A. E. Gill.  The hydraulics of rotating-channel flow , 1977, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[28]  James P. Johnston,et al.  Effects of spanwise rotation on the structure of two-dimensional fully developed turbulent channel flow , 1972, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[29]  A. Mcewan,et al.  Inertial oscillations in a rotating fluid cylinder , 1970, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[30]  P. Bradshaw,et al.  The analogy between streamline curvature and buoyancy in turbulent shear flow , 1969, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[31]  J. Pedlosky.  The spin up of a stratified fluid , 1967, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[32]  G. Carrier,et al.  Report on the I.U.T.A.M. symposium on rotating fluid systems , 1966, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[33]  D. Küchemann,et al.  Report on the I.U.T.A.M. symposium on concentrated vortex motions in fluids , 1965, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[34]  T. Brooke Benjamin,et al.  Theory of the vortex breakdown phenomenon , 1962, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[35]  W. Thomson,et al.  XXI. Stability of fluid motion (continued from the May and June numbers).—Rectilineal motion of viscous fluid between two parallel planes , 1887 .

[36]  K. Bühler.  Scherschichtströmungen im Kugelspalt , 1989 .

[37]  E. Hopfinger.  TURBULENCE AND VORTICES IN ROTATING FLUIDS , 1989 .

[38]  R. Manasseh.  Resonant collapse in a precessing tank , 1989 .

[39]  Harry L. Swinney,et al.  Laboratory simulation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot , 1988, Nature.

[40]  Philippe Dupont,et al.  Generation mechanism and dynamics of cavitation vortices downstream of a fixed leading edge cavity , 1988 .

[41]  J. Burch,et al.  An experimental study of the behavior of transient isolated convection in a rigidly rotating fluid , 1985 .

[42]  Michael Ghil,et al.  Turbulence and predictability in geophysical fluid dynamics and climate dynamics , 1985 .

[43]  K. Roesner,et al.  Optical Flow-Velocity Measurement in Irregularly Shaped Cavities , 1982 .