▪ Abstract We consider the manner in which a container filled with viscous fluid adjusts to
changes in its rotation rate. We begin with homogeneous flows involving small departures in …

The object of this study is the development of the fluid flow and resultant heat transfer
caused by a rotating disk moving vertically upward or downward during an unsteady flow …

This experimental study is devoted to the description of the different patterns resulting from
instabilities which appear in the flow between a rotating and a stationary disk enclosed by a …

High-speed centrifugal pumps are widely used in the aerospace and chemical industries.
However, the large axial thrust of a rotor due to high rotating speeds exacerbates the device …

Different instabilities of the boundary layer flows that appear in the cavity between stationary
and rotating discs are investigated using three-dimensional direct numerical simulations …

Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes provides the reader with a
systematic description of the different types of thermal convection and flow instabilities in …

This chapter reviews striking features of boundary-layer instabilities induced by different
mechanisms and related to transition to turbulence in rotating flows with walls. Besides its …

The flow produced in an enclosed cylinder of height-to-radius ratio of two by the counter-
rotation of the top and bottom disks is numerically investigated. When the Reynolds number …

An efficient and accurate numerical scheme is presented for the axisymmetric Navier–
Stokes equations in primitive variables in a cylinder. The scheme is based on a new spectral …

Rotor-stator cavity flows are known to exhibit unsteady flow structures in the form of circular
and spiral rolls. While the origin of the spirals is well understood, that of the circular rolls is …