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Novel bifurcation phenomena in a rotating annulus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

S. J. Tavener ,
T. Mullin  and
K. A. Cliffe
S. J. Tavener
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
T. Mullin
Affiliation:
Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
K. A. Cliffe
Affiliation:
Theoretical Studies Department, Harwell Laboratory, Oxon. OX 11 ORA, UK
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Abstract

We present an experimental and numerical study of a novel variant of the Taylor–Couette problem. The ends of the annular region rotate with the inner cylinder producing a strong, symmetric forcing of the flow. One consequence of the imposed forcing is that asymmetric flows are more readily found than in the standard stationary-ends case. This has led to the discovery of several new and interesting bifurcation phenomena, including codimension-two points of a type normally associated with chaos in finite-dimensional dynamical systems.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 229 , August 1991 , pp. 483 - 497
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© 1991 Cambridge University Press

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