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THE stability of circumferential laminar flow between a rotating inner cylinder and a stationary outer cylinder has been shown1, using a flow visualization technique, to be modified by eccentric positioning of the cylinders. I recently2 presented rotor torque data for cylinders with a radius ratio R1/R2 = 0.828 (equivalent to a clearance ratio (R2−R1)/R1 = 0.207) showing the progressive rise of critical speed as the eccentricity ratio ε (that is, displacement of centres divided by radial clearance) is increased from zero.
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COLE, J. Taylor Vortices with Eccentric Rotating Cylinders. Nature 221, 253–254 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221253a0
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