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Area of Science:

  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Physics
  • Bifurcation Theory

Background:

  • Tall rectangular cavities heated from the side exhibit complex fluid flow behaviors.
  • Time integration methods often detect multiple stable oscillatory flows, but their origin is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the origin of the multiplicity of stable oscillatory flows in heated rectangular cavities.
  • To identify the specific bifurcation mechanisms responsible for the stabilization of periodic flow branches.

Main Methods:

  • Continuation techniques for periodic orbits were employed to trace flow bifurcations.
  • Analysis of orbit symmetries (fixed cycles and symmetric cycles) was performed.
  • Time integrations with unstable periodic solutions were used to classify bifurcations.

Main Results:

  • Initially unstable periodic orbit branches, originating from Hopf bifurcations, stabilize after crossing Neimark-Sacker points.
  • No saddle-node or pitchfork bifurcations of periodic orbits were found to be responsible for stabilization.
  • Bifurcation points along periodic flow branches were precisely determined.

Conclusions:

  • Neimark-Sacker bifurcations are the primary mechanism for the stabilization of oscillatory flows in this system.
  • The identified mechanisms explain the observed multiplicity of stable flows detected by time integration.
  • Understanding these bifurcations is crucial for predicting and controlling complex fluid dynamics.