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Numerical simulation of the characteristics of turbulent Taylor vortex flow

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Turbulent Taylor vortex flow, which is contained between a rotating inner cylinder and a coaxial fixed outer cylinder with fixed ends, is simulated by applying the development in Reynolds stress equations mold (RSM) of the micro-perturbation. This resulted from the truncation error between the numerical solution and exact solution of the Reynolds stress equations. Based on the numerical simulation results of the turbulent Taylor vortex flow, its characteristics such as the fluctuation of the flow field, the precipitous drop of azimuthal velocity, the jet flow of radial velocity, the periodicity of axial velocity, the wave periodicity of pressure distribution, the polarization of shear stress on the walls, and the turbulence intensity in the jet region, are discussed. Comparing the pilot results measured by previous methods, the relative error of the characteristics predicted by simulation is less than 30%.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

    Zhou Xiantao, Pan Jiazhen, Chen Liqing & Shi Yan

  2. School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Chen Wenmei & Chu Liangyin

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Translated from Journal of East China University of Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), 2006, 32(5), 617–622 [译自: 华东理工大学学报 (自然科学版)]

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Zhou, X., Pan, J., Chen, L. et al. Numerical simulation of the characteristics of turbulent Taylor vortex flow. Front. Chem. Eng. China 1, 195–201 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-007-0036-2

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