<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Taylor-Couette flow between two rotating coaxial cylinders remains an ideal tool for understanding the mechanism of the transition from laminar to turbulent regime in rotating flow for the scientific community. We present for different Taylor numbers a set of three-dimensional numerical investigations of the stability and transition from Couette flow to Taylor vortex regime of a viscous incompressible fluid (liquid sodium) between two concentric cylinders with the inner one rotating and the outer one at rest. We seek the onset of the first instability and we compare the obtained results for different velocity rates. We calculate the corresponding Taylor number in order to show its effect on flow patterns and pressure field.</p></abstract>

The Taylor-Couette flow between two rotating coaxial cylinders remains an ideal tool for understanding the mechanism of the transition from laminar to turbulent regime in rotating flow for the scientific community. We present for different Taylor numbers a set of three-dimensional numerical investigations of the stability and transition from Couette flow to Taylor vortex regime of a viscous incompressible fluid (liquid sodium) between two concentric cylinders with the inner one rotating and the outer one at rest. We seek the onset of the first instability and we compare the obtained results for different velocity rates. We calculate the corresponding Taylor number in order to show its effect on flow patterns and pressure field.

A Liquid Metal Flow Between Two Coaxial Cylinders System

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology

M’Hamed Bougara University of Boumerdes

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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The Taylor-Couette flow between two rotating coaxial cylinders remains an ideal tool for understanding the mechanism of the transition from laminar to...

A Liquid Metal Flow Between Two Coaxial Cylinders System

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2019

Pages: 79 - 86

Reçu: 22 sept. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseme-2019-0007

Mots clés
Taylor-Couette, rotating cylinders, liquid metal flow

© 2019 Abdelkrim Merah et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Liquid Metal Flow Between Two Coaxial Cylinders System

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2019

Pages: 79 - 86

Reçu: 22 sept. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseme-2019-0007

Mots clésTaylor-Couette, rotating cylinders, liquid metal flow

© 2019 Abdelkrim Merah et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Taylor-Couette, rotating cylinders, liquid metal flow