Experimental data are presented for large arrays of rotating, finite-height cylinders to study the dependence of the three-dimensional (3D) mean flows on the geometric and rotational configurations of the array. Two geometric configurations, each with two rotational configurations, were examined at a nominal Reynolds number of 600 and nominal tip-speed ratios of 0, 2, and 4. It was found that t...

The Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo technique (DSMC) is used for numerical analysis of rarefied-gas hypersonic flows near a blunt plate, wedge, two side-by-side plates and cylinders, sphere, torus, and rotating cylinder. Important kinetic effects that are specific for the transition flow regime have been found: nonmonotonic lift of plates, strong repulsive force between side-by-side plates and cy...

An L-existence theorem is proved for the nonlinear stationary Boltzmann equation with hard forces and no small velocity truncation only the Grad angular cut-off in a setting between two coaxial rotating cylinders when the indata are given on the cylinders.

The flow of a viscous, incompressible fluid between two eccentric rotating porous cylinders with suction/injection at both the cylinders, for very small clearance ratio is studied. The expressions for various flow characteristics are obtained using perturbation analysis. Streamlines and pressure plots are shown graphically for various values of flow parameters and discussed. 2000 Mathematics Su...

In the present paper, time dependent creep behavior of hollow circular rotating cylinders made of exponentially graded material (EGM) is investigated. Loading is composed of an internal pressure, a distributed temperature field due to steady state heat conduction with convective boundary condition and a centrifugal body force. All the material properties are assumed to be exponentially graded a...