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The motion generated by a slowly rising disk in an unbounded rotating fluid for arbitrary Taylor number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

D. Vedensky  and
M. Ungarish
M. Ungarish
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Abstract

The motion of a disk rising steadily parallel to the axis of rotation in a uniformly rotating unbounded liquid is considered. In the limit of zero Rossby number the linear viscous equations of motion are reduced to a system of dual integral equations which renders an ‘exact’ solution for arbitrary values of the Taylor number, Ta. The investigation is focused on the drag and the flow field. In the limits of small and large Ta the asymptotic results of the present formulation agree with – and extend – previous investigations by different approaches.

A particular novel feature, for large Ta, is the contribution of the Ekman-layer flux to the outer motion. New insight into the structure of the Taylor column is gained; in particular, it is shown that the main part of the column is a ‘bubble’ of recirculating fluid, detached from the body and not communicating with the Ekman layer. However, it turns out that the essential discrepancy in drag between experiments (Maxworthy 1970) and previous theories cannot be attributed to the Ekman-layer suction effect.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 262 , 3 October 1994 , pp. 1 - 26
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© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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