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Rows produced by a rotating disc are of considerable interest in many practical applications. In computers, for instance, the flow near the rotating hard disc influences heat convection and therefore the temperature of adjacent electronic components. Centrifugal separators, centrifugal pumps, disc viscometers and methods for the production of crystals used in computer memories are other examples that reveal the importance of rotating disc flows in industrial devices. The idealised configuration of a rotating disc of infinite radius is considered first. The exact solution of the Navier-Stokes equations obtained by von Karman [1] is used for the boundary layer to obtain some physical insight into the flow structure produced by rotating discs. In the second part, the discussion is enlarged to confined flow geometries.
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Mory, M., Spohn, A. (1992). Vortex Flow Generated by a Rotating Disc. In: Hopfinger, E.J. (eds) Rotating Fluids in Geophysical and Industrial Applications. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 329. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2602-8_13
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