Kedia, R. and Hunt, M. L. and Colonius, T. (1998) Numerical Simulations of Heat Transfer in Taylor-Couette Flow. Journal of Heat Transfer, 120 (1). pp. 65-71. ISSN 0022-1481. doi:10.1115/1.2830066. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190726-104729403
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Abstract
Numerical simulations have been performed to study the effects of the gravitational and the centrifugal potentials on the stability of heated, incompressible Taylor-Couette flow. The flow is confined between two differentially heated, concentric cylinders, and the inner cylinder is allowed to rotate. The Navier-Stokes equations and the coupled energy equation are solved using a spectral method. To validate the code, comparisons are made with existing linear stability analysis and with experiments. The code is used to calculate the local and average heat transfer coefficients for a fixed Reynolds number (Re = 100) and a range of Grashof numbers. The investigation is primarily restricted to radius ratios 0.5 and 0.7 for fluids with Prandtl number of about 0.7. The variation of the local coefficients of heat transfer on the cylinder surface is investigated, and maps showing different stable states of the flow are presented. Results are also presented in terms of the equivalent conductivity, and show that heat transfer decreases with Grashof number in axisymmetric Taylor vortex flow regime, and increases with Grashof number after the flow becomes nonaxisymmetric.
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Additional Information: | © 1998 by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Received April 11, 1997; revised October 23, 1997; online January 07, 2008. This research was performed in part using the CSCC parallel computer system operated by Caltech on behalf of the Concurrent Supercomputing Consortium. Access to this facility was provided by Caltech. The authors would also like to thank Dr. A. Leonard at Caltech and Dr. R. D. Moser at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne for valuable discussions. | |||||||||
Subject Keywords: | Flow Instability; Numerical Methods; Rotating Flows | |||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1115/1.2830066 | |||||||||
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Official Citation: | Kedia RR, Hunt ML, Colonius TT. Numerical Simulations of Heat Transfer in Taylor-Couette Flow. ASME. J. Heat Transfer. 1998;120(1):65-71. doi:10.1115/1.2830066. | |||||||||
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