On the Mean Flow Solutions of Related Rotating Disk Flows of the BEK System

Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of the YHP roughness model on the mean flow solutions of some flows belong to the family of the rotating BEK system flows. The governing mean flow equations are formulated in the rotating frame of reference, therefore, they include terms arising from the centrifugal force. These mean flow equations are solved using the method of lines and the backward difference method. Then, obtained results are compared for specifically selected value of roughness parameters with the results of a fundamentally different roughness model, the MW model. The results of the YHP model reveal that applying surface roughness changes the characteristics of the mean flow components. Moreover, the comparison of the YHP and MW models points that these changes are notably different for each model. Therefore, possible future researches can be conducted to investigate the stability characteristics of the flows due to the selection of the roughness model.

Keywords

• Hydrodynamic Stability
• BEK system flows
• Rotating flows

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