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The vortical flow above the drain-hole in a rotating vessel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

T. S. Lundgren
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Abstract

The problem of slow draining of incompressible fluid from a rotating cylindrical vessel is considered. Transient effects, internal viscosity, boundary friction and finite cylindrical boundaries are included. In addition a tornado model formulated by Turner is solved and compared with some experiments on rotating turbulence of Hopfinger, Browand & Gagne.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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