Scaling of global momentum transport in Taylor-Couette and pipe flow

Eckhardt, B. and Grossmann, S. and Lohse, D. (2000) Scaling of global momentum transport in Taylor-Couette and pipe flow. European Physical Journal B: Condensed matter physics, 18 (3). pp. 541-544. ISSN 1434-6028

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Abstract:	We interpret measurements of the Reynolds number dependence of the torque in Taylor-Couette flow by Lewis and Swinney [Phys. Rev. E 59, 5457 (1999)] and of the pressure drop in pipe flow by Smits and Zagarola [Phys. Fluids 10, 1045 (1998)] within the scaling theory of Grossmann and Lohse [J. Fluid Mech. 407, 27 (2000)], developed in the context of thermal convection. The main idea is to split the energy dissipation into contributions from a boundary layer and the turbulent bulk. This ansatz can account for the observed scaling in both cases if it is assumed that the internal wind velocity introduced through the rotational or pressure forcing is related to the external (imposed) velocity U, by with and for the Taylor-Couette (U inner cylinder velocity) and pipe flow (U mean flow velocity) case, respectively. In contrast to the Rayleigh-Bénard case the scaling exponents cannot (yet) be derived from the dynamical equations.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2000 Springer
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Physics of Fluids (POF)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/24821
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100510070044
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