High-Reynolds number Taylor-Couette turbulence.
By S. Grossmann, Detlef Lohse. 2016
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Taylor-Couette flow, the flow between two coaxial co- or counter-rotating cylinders, is one of the paradigmatic systems in the physics of fluids. The (dimensionless) control parameters are the Reynolds numbers of the inner and outer cylinders, the ratio of the cylinder radii, and the aspect ratio. One key response of the system is the torque required to retain constant angular velocities, which can be connected to the angular velocity transport through the gap. Whereas the low–Reynolds number regime was well explored in the 1980s and 1990s of the past century, in the fully turbulent regime major research activity developed only in the past decade. In this article, we review this recent progress in our understanding of fully developed Taylor-Couette turbulence from the experimental, numerical, and theoretical points of view. We focus on the parameter dependence of the global torque and on the local flow organization, including velocity profiles and boundary layers. Next, we discuss transitions between diff...
Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics
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- Bubble puzzles: From fundamentals to applications (2018, background): “As in the closed TC system the total dissipation is proportional to the total torque [204], the decrease in dissipation implies a decrease in the overall drag.”
- Bubbly and Buoyant Particle–Laden Turbulent Flows (2020, background): “Taylor-Couette (TC) flow, the flowbetween two coaxial co- or counter-rotating cylinders, is one of the paradigmatic systems of fluid physics (Grossmann et al. 2016).”