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Effects of wall compliance on the laminar–turbulent transition of torsional Couette flow
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Cros, A., Ali, Reza, Le Gal, P., Thomas, P. J., Schouveiler, L., Carpenter, P. W. and Chauve, M. P. (2003) Effects of wall compliance on the laminar–turbulent transition of torsional Couette flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.481 . pp. 177-186. doi:10.1017/S0022112003003999 ISSN 0022-1120.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112003003999
Abstract
Torsional Couette flow between a rotating disk and a stationary wall is studied experimentally. The surface of the disk is either rigid or covered with a compliant coating. The influence of wall compliance on characteristic flow instabilities and on the laminar–turbulent flow transition is investigated. Data obtained from analysing flow visualizations are discussed. It is found that wall compliance favours two of the three characteristic wave patterns associated with the transition process and broadens the parameter regime in which these patterns are observed. The results for the effects of wall compliance on the third pattern are inconclusive. However, the experiments indicate that the third pattern is not a primary constituent of the laminar–turbulent transition process of torsional Couette flow.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Turbulence, Laminar flow, Boundary layer, Torsion theory (Algebra), Fluid mechanics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0022-1120 | ||||
Official Date: | 28 April 2003 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.481 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 177-186 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0022112003003999 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Royal Society (Great Britain), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) (CNRS) |
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