Comptes Rendus
no. 4-5
Unsteadiness, instability and turbulence in trailing vortices
[Dynamique des sillages tourbillonnaires : instationnarité, instabilité et turbulence]
Laurent Jacquin1  ; David Fabre2 ; Denis Sipp1 ; Eric Coustols3
1 ONERA/DAFE, Fundamental and Experimental Aerodynamics Department, 8, rue des Vertugadins, 92190 Meudon, France
2 IMFT, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, allée du Professeur Camille-Soula, 31400 Toulouse, France
3 ONERA/DMAE, Aerodynamics and Energetics Modelling Department, 2, avenue Edouard-Belin, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France
Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 6 (2005) no. 4-5, pp. 399-414.

On effectue une revue des propriétés dynamiques des tourbillons qui se forment dans les sillages d'ailes d‘avions. Les notions importantes permettant d'appréhender ces écoulements sur un plan physique sont : les ondes d'inertie, les instabilités hydrodynamiques tridimensionnelles résultant des interactions entre tourbillons, la fusion de tourbillons, l’éclatement tourbillonnaire et la turbulence. Toutes ces notions sont discutées sur la base de résultats théoriques, expérimentaux ou numériques.

This paper is a review on the dynamics of vortices in fluids which get involved in aircraft wakes. Basic notions useful to appraise their dynamics are: inertial waves, 3D instabilities due to vortex interaction, vortex merging, vortex breakdown and turbulence. Each one of these topics is illustrated by means of experimental or numerical results.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.05.007
Keywords: Vortices, Hydrodynamic instability, Turbulence, Aerodynamics
Mot clés : Tourbillons, Instabilités hydrodynamiques, Turbulence, Aérodynamique
Laurent Jacquin 1 ; David Fabre 2 ; Denis Sipp 1 ; Eric Coustols 3

1 ONERA/DAFE, Fundamental and Experimental Aerodynamics Department, 8, rue des Vertugadins, 92190 Meudon, France
2 IMFT, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, allée du Professeur Camille-Soula, 31400 Toulouse, France
3 ONERA/DMAE, Aerodynamics and Energetics Modelling Department, 2, avenue Edouard-Belin, 31055 Toulouse cedex, France 
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Laurent Jacquin; David Fabre; Denis Sipp; Eric Coustols. Unsteadiness, instability and turbulence in trailing vortices. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 6 (2005) no. 4-5, pp. 399-414. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.05.007. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2005.05.007/

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