Transition from Ekman flow to Taylor vortex flow in superfluid helium

DOI10.1017/S0022112004009206MaRDI QIDQ4660348zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. L. Henderson, C. F. Barenghi

Publication date 21 March 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306566

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Rotation in hydrodynamic stability (76E07) Superfluids (classical aspects) (76A25)

Abstract: By numerically computing the steady axisymmetric flow of helium II confined inside a finite aspect ratio Couette annulus, we determine the transition from Ekman flow to Taylor vortex flow as a function of temperature and aspect ratio.We find that the low-Reynolds number flow is quite different to that of a classical fluid, particularly at lower temperatures.At high aspect ratio our results confirm the existing linear stability theory of the onset of Taylor vortices, which assumes infinitely long cylinders.

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