Hydrodynamic Stability of Taylor-Couette Flow
Abstract
The stability of Couette flow between two cylinders with the outer one stationary and the
inner one rotating and also moving with a constant axial velocity is investigated. Both
axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric disturbances are considered. The perturbations equations
governing the marginal stability state of the flow are derived and solved analytically
for the situation when the gap spacing between the cylinders is small compared to the
radius.The equations of motion governing flow are also studied.
Publisher
University of Nairobi