The Driving Mechanism of Strongly Developed Taylor Vortex Flow

Author: Wesseling, Pieter

Year: 1967

Degree: Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Advisors: Lagerstrom, Paco A.; Saffman, Philip G.; Coles, Donald Earl

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics; Applied Mathematics

DOI: 10.7907/00y0-xt20

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to explain how strongly developed Taylor vortex flow is kept motion. On the basis of this explanation approximate torque calculations for high Taylor numbers have been made. Agreement with experiment is satisfactory. Axial symmetry is assumed throughout.

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