Numerical study of secondary flows and roll-cell instabilities in rotating channel flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112083001135zbMath0518.76019OpenAlexW2167127677MaRDI QIDQ3668128

Sivagnanam Thangam, Charles G. Speziale

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083001135

zbMATH Keywords

aspect ratiosecondary flowsspanwise rotationEkman suctiondesign of turbomachinerydouble-vortex flowfull nonlinear time-dependent equationslaminar pressure-driven channel flowpeaks in axial velocityroll cell instabilitiesTaylor- Proudman regime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Numerical solution of discretized equations for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N22)

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• Finite-difference solutions of Taylor instabilities in viscous plane flow
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