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@article{Wen:2020:10.1017/jfm.2020.561,
author = {Wen, J and Zhang, W-Y and Ren, L-Z and Bao, L-Y and Dini, D and Xi, H-D and Hu, H-B},
doi = {10.1017/jfm.2020.561},
journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
title = {Controlling the number of vortices and torque in Taylor-Couette flow},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.561},
volume = {901},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - We present an experimental study on controlling the number of vortices and the torque in a Taylor–Couette flow of water for Reynolds numbers from 660 to 1320. Different flow states are achieved in the annulus of width d between the inner rotating and outer stationary cylinders through manipulating the initial height of the water annulus. We show that the torque exerted on the inner cylinder of the Taylor–Couette system can be reduced by up to 20 % by controlling the flow at a state where fewer than the nominal number of vortices develop between the cylinders. This flow state is achieved by starting the system with an initial water annulus height h0 (which nominally corresponds to h0/d vortices), then gradually adding water into the annulus while the inner cylinder keeps rotating. During this filling process the flow topology is so persistent that the number of vortices does not increase; instead, the vortices are greatly stretched in the axial (vertical) direction. We show that this state with stretched vortices is sustainable until the vortices are stretched to around 2.05 times their nominal size. Our experiments reveal that by manipulating the initial height of the liquid annulus we are able to generate different flow states and demonstrate how the different flow states manifest themselves in global momentum transport.
AU - Wen,J
AU - Zhang,W-Y
AU - Ren,L-Z
AU - Bao,L-Y
AU - Dini,D
AU - Xi,H-D
AU - Hu,H-B
DO - 10.1017/jfm.2020.561
PY - 2020///
SN - 0022-1120
TI - Controlling the number of vortices and torque in Taylor-Couette flow
T2 - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.561
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UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/87805
VL - 901
ER -