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On the flow between a rotating and a coaxial fixed disc: Numerical validation of the radial similarity hypothesis

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The rotating flow between coaxial disks in a radially confined geometry is studied by numerical integration of the full Navier-Stokes equations. The results indicate that both Batchelor's and Stewartson's flow structures can be observed near the axis of rotation, depending on what conditions are set at the peripheral boundary.

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  1. Departmento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    L. A. Oliveira

  2. Laboratoire d'Etudes Aérodynamiques (UA CNRS 191), Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

    J. Pécheux

  3. Departmento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    A. O. Restivo

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Oliveira, L.A., Pécheux, J. & Restivo, A.O. On the flow between a rotating and a coaxial fixed disc: Numerical validation of the radial similarity hypothesis. Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dynamics 2, 211–221 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271638

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