posted on 2010-12-13, 15:20authored byZ. Hussain, Stephen J. Garrett, S.O. Stephen
We describe progress in classifying the convective instability characteristics of the boundarylayer
flow over the family of rotating cones. Existing experimental and theoretical studies
are discussed which lead to the clear hypothesis of a centrifugal instability mode that dominates
over slender cones and manifests as Görtler-type spiral vortices. Although a formulation
consistent with the classic rotating-disk problem has been successful in predicting the
stability characteristics over broad cones, it is unable to identify such a centrifugal mode
as the half-angle is reduced. An alternative formulation is introduced and an asymptotic
analysis summarized which identifies such a centrifugal mode.
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Citation
Proceedings of the 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 28 June - 1 July 2010, Chicago, Illinois, Paper AIAA-2010-4285.
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Proceedings of the 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
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2010-12-13
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http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=2
Notes
This paper was published as Proceedings of the 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 28 June - 1 July 2010, Chicago, Illinois, Paper AIAA-2010-4285. It is also available from http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=2. This paper appears here with the permission of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.