The stability of viscous flow between rotating concentric cylinders with a pressure gradient acting round the cylinders
- 1 October 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 6 (03) , 462-468
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112059000751
Abstract
The stability of a viscous fluid between concentric cylinders is analysed, for the case in which the basic velocity distribution is the sum of a velocity distribution due to the rotation of the cylinders (Taylor 1923), and a ‘pumping’ velocity distribution due to a pressure gradient acting round the cylinders (Dean 1928). The critical Taylor number is computed for a wide range of values of the ratio of average velocity of pumping to average velocity of rotation for the case in which the outer cylinder is stationary. It is assumed that the spacing between the cylinders is small.Keywords
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