ON THE STABILITY OF VISCOUS FLOW BETWEEN ROTATING CYLINDERS; FINITE GAP

Abstract

A Mean Taylor Number is here introduced as a characteristic parameter governing stability of viscous flows between concentric rotating cylinders separated by a finite gap. This parameter is constructed on the basis of the forces causing convection and their mode of contribution to the instability. In particular for gaps equal to the radius of the inner cylinder considered by Chandrasekhar, it is found that the critical values of this Mean Taylor Number obey the laws governing the critical Taylor Number in the case of small gap.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0401551

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  • Lionel Rintel
  • Pail Lieber

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  • University of California, Berkeley

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