Lagrangian Simulation of Taylor-Couette Flow.

Abstract

We report on the development of a hydrodynamics code designed for the Lagrangian simulation of transient rotational flow phenomena. The code solves the incompressible, inviscid fluid equations in an axisymmetric, cylindrical coordinate system. The equations of motion are finite differenced on a general connectivity triangular mesh. Here we apply the model to the study of the transition from laminar Couette flow to Taylor vortex flow and obtain very good agreement with the linear theory. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 22, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101979

Entities

People

  • M. H. Emery
  • M. J. Fritts
  • R. C. Shockley

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Couette Flow
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Military Research
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Simulations
  • Standing Waves
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Dynamics.