The stratorotational instability of Taylor-Couette flows with moderate Reynolds numbers

DOI10.1080/03091929.2017.1382487zbMATH Open1506.85006arXiv1610.02907OpenAlexW3098706466WikidataQ114640114 ScholiaQ114640114MaRDI QIDQ5880368FDOQ5880368

Authors: G. Rüdiger, Torsten Seelig, Manfred Schultz, Marcus Gellert, C. Egbers, U. Harlander 

Publication date: 9 March 2023

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In view of new experimental data the instability against adiabatic nonaxisymmetric perturbations of a Taylor-Couette flow with an axial density stratification is considered in dependence of the Reynolds number Re of rotation and the Brunt-V"ais"al"a number Rn of the stratification. The flows at and beyond the Rayleigh limit become unstable between a lower and an upper Reynolds number (for fixed Rn). The rotation can thus be too slow or too fast for the stratorotational instability. The upper Reynolds number above which the instability decays, has its maximum value for the potential flow (driven by cylinders rotating according to the Rayleigh limit) and decreases strongly for flatter rotation profiles finally leaving only isolated islands of instability in the (Rn/Re) map. The maximal possible rotation ratio $m{u}_{mmax}$ only slightly exceeds the shear value of the quasi-uniform flow with $U_{p}hisimeq$const. Along and between the lines of neutral stability the wave numbers of the instability patterns for all rotation laws beyond the Rayleigh limit are mainly determined by the Froude number Fr which is defined by the ratio between Re and Rn. The cells are highly prolate for Fr>1 so that measurements for too high Reynolds numbers become difficult for axially bounded containers. The instability patterns migrate azimuthally slightly faster than the outer cylinder rotates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02907

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zbMATH Keywords

astrophysical fluid dynamicsstratified Taylor-Couette flowstratorotational instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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