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Stability of Bödewadt flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

ÖMer Savaş
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Abstract

Boundary-layer transition over a stationary disk in rotating flow is studied experimentally. Circular waves are observed in the boundary layer occurring on an end disk of a cylindrical cavity during impulsive spin-down to rest. The transient flow evolves into a quasi-steady regime that exhibits the properties of the Bödewadt flow. The circular waves develop in that flow. The critical Reynolds number Re = r(Ω/v)½ is determined from frequency and wavelength measurements to be about 25. The corresponding dimensionless wavenumber 2πr/ΛRe is about 0.6 and the frequency 2πf/ ΩiRe about 0.2.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 183 , October 1987 , pp. 77 - 94
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© 1987 Cambridge University Press

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