Stability and angular-momentum transport of fluid flows between corotating cylinders

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2012-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/1203.4923v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 124501 (2012)

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

11 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.124501

Turbulent transport of angular momentum is a necessary process to explain accretion in astrophysical disks. Although the hydrodynamic stability of disk-like flows has been tested in experiments, results are contradictory and suggest either laminar or turbulent flow. Direct numerical simulations reported here show that currently investigated laboratory flows are hydrodynamically unstable and become turbulent at low Reynolds numbers. The underlying instabilities stem from the axial boundary conditions, affect the flow globally and enhance angular-momentum transport.

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