Abstract
Taylor vortex flow with a small aspect ratio has characteristics such as the different vortex structure, because of the Ekman effect in the top and bottom boundary layers and the acceleration of the inner cylinder. This feature is expected to develop a new typed mixing bioreactor system, but this vortex flow mechanism like a chaotic flow has not been investigated much. Furthermore, the multiphase flow such as the solid-liquid flow is important to be analyzed with a measurement system. An ultrasound measurement method is a useful device for observation of the flows. In this report we mainly analyzed the vortex structure in higher Reynolds number with using the ultrasound measurement system, and compare the result with Direct Numerical Simulation.
