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Mathematical model for a vortex that takes viscosity into account
The Kaufmann vortex , also known as the Scully model , is a
mathematical model for a
vortex taking account of
viscosity .
[1] It uses an algebraic velocity profile.
[2] This vortex is not a solution of the
Navier–Stokes equations .[
citation needed ]
Kaufmann and Scully's model for the
velocity in the Θ direction is:
V
Θ
(
r
)
=
Γ
2
π
r
r
c
2
+
r
2
{\displaystyle V_{\Theta }\ (r)={\frac {\Gamma }{2\pi }}{\frac {r}{r_{c}^{2}+r^{2}}}}
The model was suggested by W. Kaufmann in 1962,
[3] and later by Scully and Sullivan in 1972 at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
[4]
See also
Rankine vortex – a simpler, but more crude, approximation for a vortex.
Lamb–Oseen vortex – the exact solution for a free vortex decaying due to viscosity.
References
^ Mahendra J. Bhagwat and J. Gordon Leishman,
Generalized Viscous Vortex Model for Application to Free-Vortex Wake and Aeroacoustic Calculations
Archived 2011-06-16 at the
Wayback Machine , University of Maryland
^ Tamás Gausz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Blade vortex interaction problem at helicopter rotors
Archived 2011-07-21 at the
Wayback Machine , 12th International Conference on Fluid Flow Technologies, 2003
^ Kaufmann, W. (1962).
"Über die Ausbreitung kreiszylindrischer Wirbel in zähen (viskosen) Flüssigkeiten" . Ingenieur-Archiv (in German). 31 (1): 1–9.
doi :
10.1007/BF00538235 .
ISSN
0020-1154 .
S2CID
121128702 .
^ Scully, M. P., and Sullivan, J. P., “Helicopter Rotor Wake Geometry and Airloads and Development of Laser Doppler Velocimeter for Use in Helicopter Rotor Wakes,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aerophysics Laboratory Technical Report 183, MIT DSR No. 73032, August 1972