Numerical computation of time-dependent Taylor-vortex flows in finite-length geometries

DOI10.1017/S0022112084000732zbMath0543.76039MaRDI QIDQ3332543

G. Paul Neitzel

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112084000732

zbMATH Keywords

steady-state results; amplitude history; concentric-cylinder geometry; impulsive start of the inner cylinder; onset time and vortex-front propagation; time-dependent Taylor-vortex flows; transient development of a Taylor- vortex structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D05: Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics

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