Incompressible flow in a rapidly rotating cylinder with a source/sink distribution in the lateral wall and a free inner boundary (U). Technical report

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5470134

Ribando, R J

The flow of an incompressible fluid in a rapidly rotating right circular cylinder is considered. A source/sink mass distribution at the lateral wall, which is azimuthally uniform and symmetric across the midplane, causes a deviation from wheel flow. The container is only partially full and the inner free surface is allowed to deviate slightly from the vertical. A finite-difference solution of the full, non-linear governing equations was used to obtain the flow field. A special implicit technique for the Coriolis terms which maintains geostrophy was developed to give a particularly fast algorithm. The results compare quite favorably with the linearized solution.

• Research Organization: Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA). School of Engineering and Applied Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-82OR20900
• OSTI ID: 5470134
• Report Number(s): UVA-ER-705-81U; ON: DE82011031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CORIOLIS FORCE
CYLINDERS
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD
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