Two-Fluid Couette Flow between Concentric Cylinders.
Abstract
This document considers the flow of two immiscible fluids lying between concentric cylinders when the outer cylinder is fixed and the inner one rotates. The interface is assumed to be concentric with the cylinders and gravitational effects are neglected. The authors present a numerical study of the effect of different viscosities, different densities and surface tension on the linear stability of the Couette flow. Their results indicate that with surface tension, a thin layer of the less viscous fluid next to either cylinder is linearly stable and that it is possible to have stability with the less dense fluid lying outside. The stable configuration with the less viscous fluid next to the inner cylinder is more stable than the one with the less viscous fluid next to the outer cylinder. The onset of Taylor instability for one-fluid flow may be delayed by the addition of a thin layer of less viscous fluid on the inner wall and promoted by a layer of more viscous fluid on the inner wall. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA137969
Entities
People
- D. D. Joseph
- Y. Renardy
Organizations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison