Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oh-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract:
Changes in the flow structure, the vorticity distribution and the stream function during the transition process from the one celled vortex to the two celled vortex following a rapid change in the radial Reynolds number have been examined. Starting from a thin filament-like structure corresponding to the one celled vortex. a thick vortex core first grew up from the outlet region and turned into a cylindrical structure corresponding to the two celled vortex. The vorticity distribution also changed from a single-summit type to a ring-summit type.