Helical modes of instability in swirling flow between concentric cylinders

Zusammenfassung Die Stabilität einer reibungsfreien und schraubenartigen Strömung zwischen zwei konzentrischen Zylindern wird untersucht. Schranken für die Anfachungsgrösse und Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit von nicht-rotationssymmetrischen Störungen sind abgeleitet und genaue Werte dieser Grössen für die Spezialfälle von Couette-Strömung zwischen einem ruhenden äusseren und einem drehenden inneren Zylinder mit zusätzlicher Axial-Geschwindigkeitskomponente, die lienare oder parabolische Funktionen der Radialrichtung sind, werden erhalten. Es ergibt sich, dass der Zusatz einer linear abhängenden axialen Geschwindigkeit destabilisierend wirkt, weil der Zusatz einer parabolischen Komponente stabilisierend ist. Die Maximalanfachungsgrössen befinden sich bei schraubenförmigen Störungen mit endlicher Steigung.     

Stability of viscous flow between rotating cylinders

Zusammenfassung Ein Beweis des Rayleighschen Kriteriums der Stabilität einer zähen Strömung zwischen zwei unendlichen, coaxialen, rotierenden Zylindern, der auf einer einfachen Abänderung des Energieintegrals für die Perturbationsgeschwindigkeit begründet ist, wird dargestellt.     

Stability analysis of shear-thinning flow between rotating cylinders

Stability of the shear thinning Taylor–Couette flow is carried out and complete bifurcation diagram is drawn. The fluid is assumed to follow the Carreau–Bird model and mixed boundary conditions are imposed. The low-order dynamical system, resulted from Galerkin projection of the conservation of mass and momentum equations, includes additional nonlinear terms in the velocity components originated from the shear-dependent viscosity. It is observed, that the base flow loses its radial flow stability to the vortex structure at a lower critical Taylor number, as the shear thinning effects increases. The emergence of the vortices corresponds to the onset of a supercritical bifurcation which is also seen in the flow of a linear fluid. However, unlike the Newtonian case, shear-thinning Taylor vortices lose their stability as the Taylor number reaches a second critical number corresponding to the onset of a Hopf bifurcation. Complete flow field together with viscosity maps are given for different scenarios in the bifurcation diagram.     

The effect of a pressure gradient on the secondary flow of non-Newtonian liquids between non-intersecting cylinders

Résumé On fait une analyse de l'écoulement de certains liquides non-newtoniens dans des tuyaux cylindriques qui contiennent des noyaux cylindriques parallèles, l'écoulement étant celui qu'induit une inclinaison de pression constante. Les liquides sont tels qu'un écoulement purement rectiligne n'est pas toujours possible. On donne des calculs explicites dans les cas où les limites rigides sont (i) des cylindres excentriques et circulaires et (ii) des cylindres confocaux et elliptiques. On constate que l'on peut avoir un écoulement rectiligne parallèle aux axes des cylindres sur lesquels se superposent des écoulements de tourbillon dans des plans qui sont normaux par rapport à l'axe des cylindres.     

Effects of radial temperature gradient on the stability of flow of a viscous incompressible fluid between two rotating cylinders

Stability of the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid in a narrow gap between two concentric cylinders rotating in opposite directions is studied. Exact values of critical Taylor number for the first and second modes are derived by a numerical procedure and these are compared with the known results. It is observed that the value of the critical Taylor number T_crit decreases with increasing the values of a parameter $\text{N (N =}\text{Ra}\text{T}\text{,}\text{Ra = Rayleigh number, T = Taylor number}\text{)}$, and the rate of decrease in the value of T_crit is more when the two cylinders rotate in the opposite directions.     

The effect of a transverse pressure gradient on the stability of couette flow

Zusammenfassung Der Einfluss eines transversalen Druck-Gradienten auf die Stabilität einer Couette-Strömung ist durch direkte Lösung der Differentialgleichungen untersucht worden. Es stellt sich heraus, dass für besondere Werte von Drehzahl und Druck-Gradient die Kurve der neutralen Stabilität zwei Minima besitzt; dies führt zu unstetigem Verhalten der kritischen Wellenzahl. Eingehende Resultate sowohl für die Eigenwerte (Taylor-Zahl und Wellenzahl) als auch die Eigenfunktionen (Radial- und Transversal-Komponenten der Störungsgeschwindigkeit) werden hier vorgelegt für den Fall, dass der äussere Zylinder still steht.     

On the flow of a viscous incompressible fluid between two coaxial rotating porous cylinders

Exact solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for the laminar flow of a viscous incompressible fluid between two coaxial rotating porous cylinders, kept at constant temperatures, has been studied. The rate of injection at one cylinder is taken to be the same as the rate of suction at the other. Expressions for the velocity and temperature distributions and for the torque required to turn the outer cylinder are obtained. The effects of λ (injection parameter), σ (the ratio of the radii of the cylinders) and Pé (Péclet number = λPr) on them are shown graphically.     

两个非同心旋转圆柱间粘性流动的广义雷诺方程及其基本流

运用张量分析方法及修正双极坐标系,建立了轴承润滑流动所应满足的广义Reynolds方程.应用薄流层中的Navier-Stokes方程的渐近分析方法和张量分析工具,得到了两个非同心旋转圆柱之间粘性流动的基本流所应满足的方程.这个基本流可以表示为两个同心旋转圆柱之间的Taylor流加上一个扰动项,并且给出了数值计算例子.     

Occurrence of Taylor vortices in the flow between two rotating conical cylinders

The behavior of the flow between two coaxial conical cylinders with the inner one rotating and the outer one stationary is studied numerically. Special attention is paid to the occurrence of Taylor vortices in basic flow and unsteady helical vortices. It is found that, in basic flow, the vortices occur in the direction toward smaller radius, while toward bigger radius in unsteady helical vortices; moreover, the unsteady helical vortices can coexist with unstable steady Taylor vortices. The results suggest that the behavior of conical flow is dominated by a competition between the meridional flow and radial flow. The effect of meridional flow is most significant at small apex angle or in basic flow and helical vortices, while the radial flow dominates the structure at larger apex angle or in steady vortical flow. In order to get better understanding the competition and the transition of Taylor–Couette flow to conical flow, a velocity angle related to velocity components is defined, and the pattern evolution of velocity, streamlines and the velocity angle are examined with respect to apex angle, as well as Reynolds number. Finally, the statistical properties of turbulent conical flow are investigated.     

Effect of porous lining on the flow between two concentric rotating cylinders

The effect of non-erodible porous lining on the flow between two concentric rotating cylinders is investigated using Beavers and Joseph slip boundary condition. It is shown that the shearing stress at the walls increases with the porous lining thickness parameter ε.     

Stratified rotating viscous flow between two disks under transverse magnetic field

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Oscillatory motion of a viscous fluid in a gap between vibrating cylinders

We investigate the achievement of intensive periodic vortical motion between two quasiconcentric cylinders of circular cross section, undergoing periodic oscillations with integral frequencies about a motionless axis parallel to the axes of the cylinders.Translated from Vychislitel'naya i Prikladnaya Matematika, No. 70, pp. 74–78, 1990.     

Numerical study of a transverse streamlined flow of an infinite series of cylinders

The problem of transverse streamlined flow of an infinite series of cylinders by a flow of viscous incompressible liquid is considered. The problem is solved numerically by using the method of difference approximation of the Navier-Stokes equations with use of Arakawa scheme of the second degree of accuracy. Computations were given for a series of cylinders with the step L=2.2, 2.8, 3.2, 3.6 and with Reynolds numbers Re equal to 40, 100, 200, 400. Relations between the hydrodynamic characteristics of the series and the distance between the axes of the cylinders are obtained for different Reynolds numbers.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 7, pp. 53–57, 1988.     

The mixing of a viscous fluid in a layer between rotating eccentric cylinders

The motion of an incompressible viscous fluid in a thin layer between two circular cylinders, inserted into one another, with parallel axes is investigated. The cylinders rotate relative to one another about an axis parallel to the axes of the cylinders. The stream function of the unsteady plane-parallel flow that occurs is found by solving the boundary-value problem for the equations of hydrodynamic lubrication theory. The motion of the fluid particles is found from the solution of a non-autonomous time-periodic Hamiltonian system with a Hamiltonian equal to the stream function. The positions of fluid particles over time intervals that are a multiple of the period of rotation (Poincaré points) are calculated. The set of points is investigated using a Poincaré mapping on the phase flow. The observed transition to chaotic motion is related to the mixing of the fluid particles and is investigated both numerically and using a mapping, calculated with an accuracy up to the third power of the small eccentricity. The optimum mode of motion is observed when the area of the mixing (chaos) region reaches its highest value.     

Effect of a radial temperature gradient on the stability of the flow of a second-order fluid between two co-axial cylinders

Summary It has been found that the effect of a radial temperature gradient on the Taylor stability problem for a viscoelastic fluid and for a Newtonian fluid is the same.

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Résumé On montre que l'effet d'un gradient de la température radial sur le problème de stabilité de Taylor pour un fluide viscoélastique est semblable à celui d'un fluide Newtonien.

     

Stability of non-rotationally symmetric disturbances for inviscid flow between rotating cylinders in the presence of an axial magnetic field

The stability of an inviscid fluid between two concentric rotating cylinders in the presence of an axial magnetic field to nonrotationally symmetric disturbances is investigated under “small gap” approximation. The growth rate of unstable disturbances has been examined for co-rotating cylinders. It has been found that the growth rate of rotationally symmetric disturbances is greater than that of nonrotationally symmetric disturbances and the magnetic field strength which stabilizes the axisymmetric disturbances is also sufficient to stabilize non-symmetric disturbances.     

The stability of dissipative Couette flow between rotating cylinders in the presence of an axial magnetic field

Zusammenfassung Die Stabilität der magnetohydrodynamischen Strömung zwischen zwei koaxialen Kreiszylindern, die sich in einem axialen Magnetfeld befinden wird untersucht für beliebige Werte des Rotationsparametersm= ₂/ ₁, wobei ₂ die Winkelgeschwindigkeit des äusseren Zylinders und ₁ die Winkelgeschwindigkeit des inneren Zylinders bedeutet. Es wird angenommen, dass die Spaltbreite klein gegenüber den Krümmungsradien der Zylinder ist, dass es sich um eine schwach elektrisch-leitende Flüssigkeit handelt und dass die Zylinder nicht-leitend sind. Werte der kritischen Taylor- und Wirbelzahl für neutrale Störungen vom Taylor-Görtler-Typ werden als Funktion der Hartmann-Zahl für alle |m|1 numerische bestimmt.     

Oscillatory flow of dipolar fluids between parallel plates

The oscillatory flow of an incompressible dipolar fluid under isothermal conditions between parallel plates is studied. It is found that the velocity field is governed by two parameters characterising the fluid; and that for small frequencies the velocity is in phase with the exciting pressure gradient and the effect of dipolar inertia terms is negligible. For large frequencies, the flow has a boundary layer character and it is affected by both the parameters. Outside the layer there is a core about the axis in which the flow is affected only by the dipolar inertia terms.     

Solutions of MHD boundary layer equations with transverse magnetic field and arbitrary pressure gradient

Certain solutions of Magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer equations for a flat plate with a transverse magnetic field fixed relative to the fluid have been obtained using a power-series method given by Hassan. This power series solution has all the desirable qualities of Görtler series and, in addition, its zeroth order term which is governed by a non-linear total differential equation can be given in closed form. The first order term governed by a linear total differential equation has been integrated numerically. The results are tabulated for various values of S, the interaction parameter. The results show a decrease in the boundary layer thickness with a consequent increase in skin friction as the strength of magnetic field is increased.