STABILITY AND NOISE IN TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW WITH THROUGH-FLOW

被引:35
作者
BABCOCK, KL [1 ]
CANNELL, DS [1 ]
AHLERS, G [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,CTR NONLINEAR SCI,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
来源
PHYSICA D | 1992年 / 61卷 / 1-4期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0167-2789(92)90146-E
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We present results of experimental and numerical work on a Taylor-Couette system with imposed axial flow. When the base flow is convectively unstable, macroscopic patterns of travelling Taylor vortices are observed downstream of the inlet. Numerical integration of the stochastic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation indicates that these patterns arise from the spatial amplification of microscopic noise. The noise leads to an irregular phase in the vortex pattern. In contrast, the phase is very regular when the base flow is absolutely unstable.
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