Convective stability of fluid in a rotating horizontal annulus

The convective stability of quasi-equilibriumof a fluid layer formed by two horizontal coaxial cylindrical surfaces which have different temperatures and rotate at the same angular velocity about the axis of symmetry is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Consideration is carried out from...

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Published in:Fluid dynamics 2017-07, Vol.52 (4), p.526-535
Main Authors: Vyatkin, A. A., Kozlov, V. G., Siraev, R. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular velocity
Centrifugal force
Classical and Continuum Physics
Classical Mechanics
Convection
Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Fluid- and Aerodynamics
Hoisting
Linear analysis
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Rotating fluids
Stability analysis
Thresholds
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Summary:The convective stability of quasi-equilibriumof a fluid layer formed by two horizontal coaxial cylindrical surfaces which have different temperatures and rotate at the same angular velocity about the axis of symmetry is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Consideration is carried out from the standpoint of thermal vibrational convection caused by the average lifting force generated as a result of vibrations of a nonisothermal fluid with respect to the cavity. The vibrations are induced by an external field. The action of the centrifugal force field is also taken into account. Stability of mechanical quasi-equilibrium with respect to monotonic plane perturbations, which are, as shown experimentally, the most dangerous, is studied within the framework of the linear analysis. The stability boundaries are constructed for layers of various relative thickness in the plane of control parameters, the centrifugal and vibrational Rayleigh numbers. The thresholds of excitation of two-dimensional convective structures obtained experimentally are in good agreement with the theoretical ones.
ISSN:0015-4628
1573-8507
DOI:10.1134/S001546281704007X