Taylor–Couette flow
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Taylor–Couette flow is the fluid motion that arises between two concentric, independently rotating cylinders, notable for its rich pattern of instabilities and vortical structures that are fundamental in fluid dynamics research.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fluid dynamics phenomenon
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rotating flow ⓘ shear flow ⓘ viscous flow ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
angular velocity of inner cylinder
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angular velocity of outer cylinder ⓘ fluid density ⓘ fluid viscosity ⓘ gap width between cylinders ⓘ radius of inner cylinder ⓘ radius of outer cylinder ⓘ |
| exhibits |
Taylor vortex flow
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fully developed turbulence ⓘ hydrodynamic instability ⓘ intermittent turbulence ⓘ modulated wavy vortex flow ⓘ spiral vortices ⓘ turbulent Taylor vortices ⓘ wavy vortex flow ⓘ |
| governedBy | Navier–Stokes equations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
chemical engineering
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geophysical and astrophysical flow modeling ⓘ mixing processes ⓘ viscometry ⓘ |
| hasBaseState | circular Couette flow ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryCondition | no-slip at cylinder walls ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
inner cylinder
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outer cylinder ⓘ |
| hasDimensionlessParameter |
Reynolds number
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Taylor number NERFINISHED ⓘ radius ratio ⓘ rotation ratio ⓘ |
| hasFlowRegime |
laminar regime
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transitional regime ⓘ turbulent regime ⓘ |
| medium | viscous fluid ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
NERFINISHED
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Maurice Marie Alfred Couette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursBetween | two concentric cylinders ⓘ |
| researchField |
fluid dynamics
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hydrodynamic stability ⓘ turbulence research ⓘ |
| stabilityAnalyzedBy |
linear stability analysis
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nonlinear stability analysis ⓘ |
| usedFor |
analogy to astrophysical accretion disks
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study of angular momentum transport ⓘ study of pattern formation in fluids ⓘ study of rotating shear flows ⓘ study of transition to turbulence ⓘ validation of turbulence models ⓘ |
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