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We present wall-resolved large-eddy simulations (LES) of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations together with empirical modeling for {turbulent} Taylor-Couette {(TC)} flow where the inner cylinder is rotating with angular velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-08-20 Wan Cheng , Dale I. Pullin , Ravi Samtaney

A series of direct numerical simulations of Taylor-Couette (TC) flow, the flow between two coaxial cylinders, with the outer cylinder rotating and the inner one fixed, were performed. Three cases, with outer cylinder Reynolds numbers $Re_o$…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-25 Rodolfo Ostilla-Mónico , Roberto Verzicco , Detlef Lohse

Turbulent Taylor-Couette flow displays traces of axisymmetric Taylor vortices even at high Reynolds numbers. With this motivation, Feldmann & Avila (2025) carry out long-time numerical simulations of axisymmetric high-Reynolds-number…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-03 Laurette S. Tuckerman

We investigate Taylor-Couette flow with realistic no-slip boundary conditions at all surfaces through direct numerical simulations (DNS) and theoretical analysis. Imposing physically consistent end-wall conditions at the top and bottom lids…

A series of direct numerical simulations in large computational domains has been performed in order to probe the spatial feature robustness of the Taylor rolls in turbulent Taylor-Couette (TC) flow. The latter is the flow between two…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-21 Rodolfo Ostilla-Mónico , Detlef Lohse , Roberto Verzicco

Highly turbulent Taylor-Couette flow with spanwise-varying roughness is investigated experimentally and numerically (direct numerical simulations (DNS) with an immersed boundary method (IBM)) to determine the effects of the spacing and…

Since Taylor's seminal paper, the existence of large-scale quasi-axisymmetric structures has been a matter of interest when studying Taylor-Couette flow. In this manuscript, we probe their formation in the highly turbulent regime by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-15 V. Jeganathan , K. Alba , R. Ostilla-Monico

In Rayleigh-Benard convection and Taylor-Couette flow cellular patterns emerge at the onset of instability and persist as large-scale coherent structures in the turbulent regime. Their long-term dynamics has been thoroughly characterised…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-26 Daniel Feldmann , Marc Avila

Applying a sufficiently rapid start-stop to the outer cylinder of the Couette-Taylor system, structures approximately aligned with the axis were recorded in the classic work of Coles (1965). These short-lived rolls are oriented…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-04 Ashley P. Willis , Michael J. Burin

The stability of density-stratified viscous Taylor-Couette flows is considered using the Boussinesq approximation but without any use of the short-wave approximation. The flows which are unstable after the Rayleigh criterion (\hat \mu<\hat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Shalybkov , G. Ruediger

In this study, we numerically investigate hysteretic behaviors of secondary bifurcations in the Taylor-Couette flow of a semidilute, neutrally buoyant, and noncolloidal suspension. We consider a suspension with a bulk particle volume…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-29 Changwoo Kang , Michael F. Schatz , Parisa Mirbod

Taylor-Couette (TC) flow, the flow between two independently rotating and co-axial cylinders is commonly used as a canonical model for shear flows. Unlike plane Couette, pinned secondary flows can be found in TC flow. These are known as…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-07-28 V. Jeganathan , K. Alba , R. Ostilla-Mónico

A liquid-liquid two-phase Taylor-Couette flow is of fundamental and practical importance in multiphase flow systems. This study investigates the flow transitions in such a system with constant axial flow and gradually increased rotation of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-01 Hayato Masuda , Yuta Kikuchi , Hiroyuki Iyota

The torque in turbulent Taylor-Couette flows for shear Reynolds numbers Re_S up to 3x10^4 at various mean rotations is studied by means of direct numerical simulations for a radius ratio of \eta=0.71. Convergence of simulations is tested…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-05 Hannes Brauckmann , Bruno Eckhardt

An improved understanding of how vortices develop and propagate under pulsatile flow can shed important light on the mixing and transport processes including the transition to turbulent regime occurring in such systems. For example, the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-13 Nicasio Barrere , Javier Brum , Alexandre L'Her , Gustavo L. Sarasúa , Cecilia Cabeza

Torque measurements in Taylor-Couette flow, with large radius ratio and large aspect ratio, over a range of velocities up to a Reynolds number of 24 000 are presented. Following a specific procedure, nine states with distinct number of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-13 B. Martínez-Arias , J. Peixinho , O. Crumeyrolle , I. Mutabazi

A flow generator is described in which homogeneous axisymmetric turbulent air flows with varying and fully controllable degrees of anisotropy, including the much studied isotropic case, are generated by the combined agitations produced by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-02-01 Kelken Chang

We study liquid-liquid dispersions in a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow, produced between two counterrotating coaxial cylinders. In pure Water and in counterrotation, Reynolds numbers up to 1.4 10^5 are reached. The liquids we use are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-06-20 Florent Ravelet , Rene Delfos , Jerry Westerweel

Turbulent Taylor-Couette flow between counter-rotating cylinders develops intermittently fluctuating boundary layers for sufficient counter-rotation. We demonstrate the phenomenon in direct numerical simulations for radius ratios \eta=0.5…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hannes J. Brauckmann , Bruno Eckhardt

The flow structure of strongly turbulent Taylor-Couette flow with Reynolds numbers up to Re_i = 2*10^6 of the inner cylinder is experimentally examined with high-speed particle image velocimetry (PIV). The wind Reynolds numbers Re_w of the…