Periodically driven Taylor-Couette turbulence

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.276zbMATH Open1404.76287arXiv1710.08187OpenAlexW3103867672WikidataQ56990141 ScholiaQ56990141MaRDI QIDQ5745209FDOQ5745209

Authors: Ruben A. Verschoof, Arne K. Te Nijenhuis, Sander G. Huisman, Chao Sun, Detlef Lohse 

Publication date: 5 June 2018

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

Abstract: We study periodically driven Taylor-Couette turbulence, i.e. the flow confined between two concentric, independently rotating cylinders. Here, the inner cylinder is driven sinusoidally while the outer cylinder is kept at rest (time-averaged Reynolds number is $R{e}_i=5imes10^5$). Using particle image velocimetry (PIV), we measure the velocity over a wide range of modulation periods, corresponding to a change in Womersley number in the range $15leqWoleq114$. To understand how the flow responds to a given modulation, we calculate the phase delay and amplitude response of the azimuthal velocity. In agreement with earlier theoretical and numerical work, we find that for large modulation periods the system follows the given modulation of the driving, i.e. the system behaves quasi-stationary. For smaller modulation periods, the flow cannot follow the modulation, and the flow velocity responds with a phase delay and a smaller amplitude response to the given modulation. If we compare our results with numerical and theoretical results for the laminar case, we find that the scalings of the phase delay and the amplitude response are similar. However, the local response in the bulk of the flow is independent of the distance to the modulated boundary. Apparently, the turbulent mixing is strong enough to prevent the flow from having radius-dependent responses to the given modulation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08187

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulent flowsTaylor-Couette flowrotating turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65)

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