Table 1 Nomenclature and abbreviations of flow states.
From: Effects of an imposed axial flow on a Ferrofluidic Taylor-Couette flow
Abbreviation | Flow state & description |
|---|---|
CCF | Circular Couette flow |
TVF | Taylor vortex flow |
m-wTVF | wavy Taylor vortex flow46 with major azimuthal wavenumber m (wTVF is also known as wavy vortex flow, WVF?) |
m-\(wTV{F}_{l}\) | (axial) localized m-wTVF |
m-\(wTV{F}_{{H}_{x}}\) | m-wTVF modified due to transverse magnetic field26 with m ± 2 modes |
m-\(wTV{F}_{l,{H}_{x}}\) | (axial) localized m-\(wTV{F}_{{H}_{x}}\) |
m1-m2-\(wTV{F}_{{H}_{x}}\) | \(wTV{F}_{{H}_{x}}\) with major azimuthal wavenumber m1 and minor azimuthal wavenumber m2 |
L[R]m-SPI | left- [right-] winding spiral vortex flow with azimuthal wavenumber m47 |
m-wSPI | wavy SPI with major azimuthal wavenumber m46 |
L[R]m-\(wSP{I}_{{H}_{x}}\) | left- [right-] modified winding m-wSPI with m ± 2 modes due to transverse magnetic field26 |
Lm1Lm2-MCS | left-winding Mixed-Cross-Spiral47 with major azimuthal wavenumber m1 and minor azimuthal m2 (right-winding counterparts exist simultaneously) |
Lm1Lm2-\(MC{S}_{{H}_{x}}\) | modified Lm1Lm2-MCS with m ± 2 modes due to transverse magnetic field |
Lm1Lm2Lm3-\(mMC{S}_{{H}_{x}}\) | left-winding modulated \(MC{S}_{{H}_{x}}\) with a combination of azimuthal wavenumbers m1, m2 and m3 |
