Abstract
The flow of the viscous fluid which circles between the rotating cylinders is maintaind to be balanced by pressure, gravity and the surface tension on the fluid surface. However, the wave phenomenon is occurred on the free surface when the Reynolds number is increased. The Taylor vortex flow in an asymmentric system is a Couette flow state when the Reynolds number is smaller than a critical Reynolds number. Then, the flow is demonstrated to move to the inner wall of the outer cylinder by the action of the centrifugal force with the increment of the Reynolds number. Moreover, the surface flow develops to the complicated wave phenomena. So far, the instability and the development of this surface flow with the Reynolds number has not been clarified. This resaearch is to clarify the development of the surface flow of the fluid circulating between the cylinders with the Reynolds number experimentally.
