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Rimming flow of liquid in a rotating cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

K. J. Ruschak  and
L. E. Scriven
K. J. Ruschak
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
L. E. Scriven
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Abstract

Steady two-dimensional flow of Newtonian liquid in a layer around the inside of a rotating horizontal cylinder is analysed as a regular perturbation from rigid-body motion. The equations governing the first perturbation are solved in closed form. Parameter limits are taken in order to elucidate the flow structure and to provide simpler working formulae. The limiting cases are for small Reynolds numbers, which resembles viscous film flow down a curved wall; for large Reynolds numbers, which involves a periodic boundary layer; and for small ratios of average film thickness to cylinder radius. In every case the maximum film thickness occurs in the upper quadrant on the rising side of the cylinder and the minimum thickness is diametrically opposite.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , 14 July 1976 , pp. 113 - 126
Copyright
© 1976 Cambridge University Press

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