CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2000, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 707-711.

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SYMMETRIC TAYLOR VORTEX FLOW BETWEEN TWO CONCENTRIC ROTATING SPHERES

MEI Li-quan, WANG Li-zhou   

  1. Science School, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P R China
  • Received:1999-08-02 Online:2000-11-25 Published:2000-11-25
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Abstract: A finite element method is used to numerically study the steady axisymmetric incompressible flow between two concentric rotating spheres. The non-uniqueness of the supercritical flow exhibits three different modes with zero,one and two Taylor vortices at each hemisphere.

Key words: Navier-Stokes equation, Taylor flow, Couette flow

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