The Three-Dimensional Velocity Distribution of Wide Gap Taylor-Couette Flow Modelled by CFD

Table 1

Specifications for the computational parameters.

Description	Test case 1	Test case 2
Inner cylinder length (m)	0.5	0.5
Outer cylinder length (m)	0.5	0.5
Inner cylinder outer diameter (m)	0.05	0.05
Outer cylinder inner diameter (m)	0.094	0.114
Gap width (m)	0.022	0.032
Aspect ratio	11.36	7.81
Radius ratio	0.53	0.44
Clearance ratio	0.88	1.28
Reynolds number Re	1.97 × 10^3	2.88 × 10^3
Taylor number Ta	2.35 × 10^6	6.47 × 10^6