Turbulence Modeling of Torsional Couette Flows

Figure 9

Influence of the Reynolds number on the streamline patterns Ψ^∗ (20 contours) for 𝐺=0.02 and six values of Re: (a) 1.8×10⁵, −0.31≤Ψ^∗≤76.89; (b) 5×10⁵, −0.66≤Ψ^∗≤60.59; (c) 10⁶, −0.63≤Ψ^∗≤48.19; (d) 3×10⁶, −0.41≤Ψ^∗≤39.16; (e) 5×10⁶, −0.32≤Ψ^∗≤36.92; (f) 10⁷, −0.23≤Ψ^∗≤34.38.

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