On stable Taylor vortices above the transition to wavy vortices

摘要

The transition from Taylor to wavy vortices is revisited for parameter values in the range of new laboratory experiments [Lin , Phys. Fluids 10, 3233 (1998)]. The dependence of the critical Reynolds number with the axial wavelength of the Taylor vortices is obtained for azimuthal wave numbers from 1 to 5, and for five different values of the radius ratio. We show how islands of stable Taylor vortices above the transition to wavy vortices form. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics. [References: 16]