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Drag reduction study of naturally occurring oscillating axial flow induced by helical corrugated surface in Taylor Couette flow

M. A. Razzak·B. C. Khoo·K. B. Lua·C. M. J. Tay
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This study investigates drag reduction capability of naturally-occurring-oscillating axial secondary flow(ASF) induced by helical-corrugated surface in Taylor Couette flow(TCFHelical) for three values of pitch to wavelength-ratios(P* =1,2,3) and amplitude to wavelength-ratio(A*) of 0.25. As reported in Razzak et al. (2020), emergence of naturally-occurring-oscillating ASF induced by longitudinal-corrugated surface in TCF(TCFLongitudinal) and increasing trend on its magnitude with Reynolds number (Re) results in the occurrence of drag reduction. This has motivated us to study the possibility of enhancing drag reduction by maintaining a consistently increasing trend with Re in the magnitude of naturally-occurring-oscillating ASF induced by the helical-corrugated surface on the stationary outer cylinder in TCF. From flow structures, steady ASF with non-zero mean is observed at Re=60 which suppresses the strength of azimuthal vorticities for Re>85 and contributed to occurrence of drag reduction. As Re is increased to 100,90 and 85 for P* =1,2, and 3, respectively, formation of periodic oscillating ASF with non-zero mean and its increasing trend in magnitude with Re suppresses azimuthal vorticities further which contributes to the maximum drag reduction of 13%. For Re>165,145 and 140 for P*=1,2 and 3, respectively, non-periodic oscillating ASF is observed, and its magnitude remains nearly unchanged or decreases slightly with Re which results in the suppression effect of azimuthal vortices to be weaker. This results in decrease in drag reduction. Oscillating ASF observed in TCFHelical is found to occur at earlier Re and it is stronger than that of TCFLongitudinal which contributes to occurrence of higher drag reduction in TCFHelical.

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M. A. Razzak, B. C. Khoo, K. B. Lua, C. M. J. Tay. 2023-05-13. Drag reduction study of naturally occurring oscillating axial flow induced by helical corrugated surface in Taylor Couette flow. https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.07820

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