First Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena
DOI: 10.1615/TSFP1
DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TURBULENT TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOWS
pages 1281-1286
DOI: 10.1615/TSFP1.2050
SINOPSIS
Turbulent Taylor-Couette flows between two cylinders with the inner cylinder rotating are simulated using Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) at a radius ratio of 0.67 and at two Reynolds numbers to investigate the Reynolds number effects on the flow. It is found that the results are consistent with the experimental results at the same radius ratio. Particular attention is given to the turbulent structures of the flows.