Effects of an imposed axial flow on a Ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette flow

In this paper we investigate the effects of an externally imposed axial mass flux (axial pressure gradient, axial through flow) on ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette flow under the influence of either an axial or a transverse magnetic field. Without an imposed axial through flow, due to the symmetry-conser...

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Autores: Altmeyer, Sebastian Andreas|||0000-0001-5964-0203, Do, Younghae
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/173888
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/173888
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51935-x
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fluid dynamics
Bifurcation theory
Magnetic fluids
Taylor vortices
Fluid Dynamics
Bifurcation Theory
Non-linear Phenomena
Pattern Formation
Dinàmica de fluids
Bifurcació, Teoria de la
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de fluids
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Sumario:In this paper we investigate the effects of an externally imposed axial mass flux (axial pressure gradient, axial through flow) on ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette flow under the influence of either an axial or a transverse magnetic field. Without an imposed axial through flow, due to the symmetry-conserving axial field and the symmetry-breaking transverse field, it gives rise to various vortex flows in ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette flow such as wavy Taylor vortex flow (wTVF), wavy spiral vortex flow (wSPI) and wavy vortex flows (wTVFHx and wSPIHx), which are typically produced by a nonlinear interaction of rotational, shear and magnetic instabilities. In addition, when an axial through flow is imposed to a ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette flow in the presence of either an axial or a transverse magnetic field, previously unknown new helical vortex structures are observed. In particular, we uncover ‘modulated Mixed-Cross-Spirals’ with a combination of at least three different dominant azimuthal wavenumbers. Emergence of such new flow states indicates richer but potentially more controllable dynamics in ferrofluidic flows, i.e., an imposed axial through flow will be a new controllable factor/parameter in applications of a ferrofluidic and magnetic flows flow.