Laminar compressible flow between close rotating disks. An asymptotic and numerical study (Q797419)

Laminar steady compressible flow between close rotating thermally conducting axisymmetric disks with inflow was investigated by means of a numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equation and an asymptotic analysis. The approximate solution, obtained for small \(\epsilon\), E and H (Rossby and Ekman numbers, and height/radius, respectively) is valid for ''merged'', ''close'', and ''separate'' boundary layers on the disks. The numerical solution was obtained by a finite-difference, modified Cheng- Allen method [\textit{J. S. Allen} and \textit{S. I. Cheng}, Phys. Fluids 13, 37-52 (1970; Zbl 0211.294)], using a non-uniform mesh. The numerical and the approximate solution are in good agreement.