Three-dimensional instability of axisymmetric flow in a rotating lid–cylinder enclosure
Three-dimensional instability of axisymmetric flow in a rotating lid–cylinder enclosure
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DOI:
10.1017/s0022112001004566
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发表时间:
2001-07
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
A. Gelfgat;P. Bar-Yoseph;A. Solan
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作者:
A. Gelfgat;P. Bar-Yoseph;A. Solan
The axisymmetry-breaking three-dimensional instability of the axisymmetric flow between a rotating lid and a stationary cylinder is analysed. The flow is governed by two parameters – the Reynolds number Re and the aspect ratio γ (=height/radius). Published experimental results indicate that in different ranges of γ axisymmetric or non-axisymmetric instabilities can be observed. Previous analyses considered only axisymmetric instability. The present analysis is devoted to the linear stability of the basic axisymmetric flow with respect to the non-axisymmetric perturbations. After the linearization the stability problem separates into a family of quasi-axisymmetric subproblems for discrete values of the azimuthal wavenumber k. The computations are done using the global Galerkin method. The stability analysis is carried out at various densely distributed values of γ in the range 1 2.76, the instability is three-dimensional and sets in with k = 2 and k = 3 or 4, respectively. The azimuthal periodicity, patterns, characteristic frequencies and phase velocities of the dominant perturbations are discussed.