Couette flow
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Couette flow — In fluid dynamics, Couette flow refers to the laminar flow of a viscous fluid in the space between two parallel plates, one of which is moving relative to the other. The flow is driven by virtue of viscous drag force acting on the fluid and the… … Wikipedia
couette flow — küˈet noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: French couette machine bearing, literally, feather bed, from Old French coute, cuilte quilt, mattress more at quilt : the shearing flow of a fluid between two parallel surfaces in relative motion… … Useful english dictionary
Taylor-Couette flow — The Taylor Couette flow consists of a viscous fluid confined in the gap between two rotating cylinders. For low angular velocities, measured by the Reynolds number Re, the flow is steady and purely azimuthal. This laminar basic state is known as… … Wikipedia
Maurice Couette — Maurice Marie Alfred Couette Born 9 January 1858 Tours, France Died 18 August 1943 Angers, France Residence … Wikipedia
Maurice Couette — Maurice Marie Alfred Couette (* 9. Januar 1858 in Tours; † 18. August 1943 in Angers) war ein französischer Physiker, bekannt für seine Arbeiten zur Rheologie. Couette war der Sohn eines Kleiderhändlers in Tours. Er studierte in Tours und Angers… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hagen-Poiseuille flow from the Navier-Stokes equations — The flow of fluid through a pipe of uniform (circular) cross section is known as Hagen Poiseuille flow. The Hagen Poiseuille flow is an exact solution of the Navier Stokes equations in fluid mechanics. The equations governing the Hagen Poiseuille … Wikipedia
Gollub-Swinney circular Couette experiment — In turbulent fluid flow, the Gollub Swinney circular Couette experiment helped establish the Ruelle Takens scenario for turbulence. This type of experiment studies the motion of a liquid contained between two cylinders. The outer cylinder is kept … Wikipedia
Orr–Sommerfeld equation — The Orr–Sommerfeld equation, in fluid dynamics, is an eigenvalue equation describing the linear two dimensional modes of disturbance to a viscous parallel flow. The solution to the Navier–Stokes equations for a parallel, laminar flow can become… … Wikipedia
Taylor vortex — Taylor vortices (after G. I. Taylor) are vortices formed in rotating Taylor Couette flow when the Taylor number (mathrm{Ta}) of the flow exceeds a critical value mathrm{Ta c}. For flow in which :mathrm{Ta}mathrm{Ta c} … Wikipedia
Taylor number — In fluid dynamics, the Taylor number is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes the importance of centrifugal forces or so called inertial forces due to rotation of a fluid about a vertical axis, relative to viscous forces. The typical… … Wikipedia
