Abstract

The gas Couette flow for a cylindrical geometry of bounding surfaces that move in the longitudinal direction relative to their symmetry axis is considered. For a monoatomic gas, the relation between the shear stress and the energy flux transferred to the longitudinal-flow surface (Reynolds analogy) is studied. In the case of continuous medium and free molecular flow regimes, simple explicit analytical expressions for the Reynolds analogy coefficient are obtained, which depend only on the Eckert number and are independent of the ratio of the cylinder radii. The transitional regime for various values of the Knudsen number is studied using the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method. It is shown that, in this case, the Reynolds analogy coefficient at a fixed ratio of the radii and the Knudsen number depends on the relative velocity and temperatures of the surfaces mainly through the Eckert number. A relationship between the linear energy fluxes transferred to the cylindrical surfaces is found.

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