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THMT-15. Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium On Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer
September, 15-18, 2015, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2015.THMT-15


ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-427-4

ISBN CD: 978-1-56700-428-8

Turbulence control in the Taylor-Couette flow system

pages 715-718
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2015.THMT-15.1590
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ABSTRACT

The hydrodynamic stability of a viscous fluid flow in an annular space between a rotating inner cylinder and an outer fixed one is considered. The basic flow is axis-symmetric with two counter-rotating vortices each wavelength. Experiments are carried out together with numerical computations implemented using a finite-volume CFD code to simulate the flow under cross-sectional pulsatile solicitations. The controlling strategy consists in superimposing a radial pulsatile motion to the inner cylinder cross-section. It is aimed to tackle the transition process and to assess qualitative and quantitative effects of such a managing technique. As a result, transition to turbulence is substantially delayed with modulation of the inner cylinder cross-section. Turbulence state of the flow is thus postponed to largely higher values of the critical Taylor number.

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