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The wake of a finite rotating disc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

L. M. Leslie
L. M. Leslie
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Department of Mathematics Monash University Clayton, Victoria
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When a disc rotates in a fluid at rest, fluid near the disc acquires azimuthal momentum because of the viscous torque of the disc and outwards radial momentum under the action of centrifugal forces. The resultant flow is essentially a swirling jet. Away from the disc continuity requires the existence of an axial flow towards the disc to compensate for the fluid which has been thrown outwards. If the disc is finite there is a discontinuity in the boundary conditions at the edge of the disc where the no-slip condition is suddenly replaced by a condition of zero stress in the plane of the disc. The flow discharged from the edge of the disc is essentially a wake embedded in a swirling radial jet. It appears that no investigation of this wake has yet been made.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , May 1972 , pp. 291 - 304
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972

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