Influence of global rotation and Reynolds number on the large-scale features of a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow

Details Influence of global rotation and Reynolds number on the large-scale features of a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow Influence of global rotation and Reynolds number on the large-scale features of a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow

2007-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/0712.2750v3

Physics of Fluids 22 (2010) 055103

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Fluid Dynamics

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3392773

We experimentally study the turbulent flow between two coaxial and independently rotating cylinders. We determined the scaling of the torque with Reynolds numbers at various angular velocity ratios (Rotation numbers), and the behaviour of the wall shear stress when varying the Rotation number at high Reynolds numbers. We compare the curves with PIV analysis of the mean flow and show the peculiar role of perfect counterrotation for the emergence of organised large scale structures in the mean part of this very turbulent flow that appear in a smooth and continuous way: the transition resembles a supercritical bifurcation of the secondary mean flow.

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