Abstract
This paper describes an experimental study of the effects of surface roughness on the flow between two concentric cylinders, one of which rotates. The surface roughness has some effects on the coefficient of viscous frictional torque CM in the transient and in the fully developed turbulent region. In the fully developed rough turbulent flow, the value of CM depends on both the Reynolds number Rω and the relative roughness rm/k in the case where the outer cylinder rotates, but CM depends only on rm/k in the case where the inner cylinder rotates. The effect of the surface roughness of the inner cylinder is greater than that of the outer one for both cases.
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