Experimental studies of turbulence transitions and transport processes in turbulent Taylor-Couette flow

在两个相对旋转的同心圆柱体之间的差距中的流动被称为泰勒-库埃特（TC）流动。这一主题在理解许多流体动力学不稳定性方面是突出的。根据两个圆柱的旋转速率，可以实现线性稳定状态（如管道流）或不稳定状态（如瑞利-贝纳德对流）。因此，泰勒-库埃特系统代表了研究单元管道流和瑞利-贝纳德流之间的线性稳定性的联系。除了与许多技术应用相关外，泰勒-库埃特流在旋转系统（如地球大气层或吸积盘）的传输特性方面也具有根本意义。更好地理解传输过程和湍流结构，统一描述这些复杂的方面-对于许多领域都有非常重要的任务。

The flow in the gap between two concentric cylinders rotating relative to each other is known as Taylor-Couette (TC) flow. This topic is highlighted in understanding of much hydrodynamic instabilities. Depending on the rotation rate of the two cylinders, one can achieve either a linear stable regime (as in pipe flow) or an unstable regime (as in Rayleigh-Bénard convection). So, the Taylor-Couette-system represents for the Research Unit the link of the linear stability between the pipe- and the Rayleigh-Bénard-flows. Besides its relevance for a lot of applications in technology, the Taylor-Couette flow is also of fundamental interest in terms of transport properties in rotating systems, as Earth's atmosphere or accretion disks. A better understanding of the transport processes and the turbulent structures, a uniform description of these complex aspects - there are tasks of great importance for many domains.