摘要或動機

流體旋轉時，外圍及底部流體，因槽壁及槽底摩擦力的影響，流速較慢，相對的壓力也較大，導致外圍的水流會轉入中心。發現本實驗的渦流為強迫與自由漩渦組成。實驗中，探討f(轉動器的頻率)、H(總水深)、y(?入深度)、R(轉盤半徑)四者與角形數間的關係。若y、R 愈大、H 越小，隨著f 的增大，可觀察到的形狀邊數越多；反之，若y、R 愈小、H 越大，則f 愈高，所形成的圖形半徑愈大，易超過轉盤，不易觀察。依白努利方程式，外層水流的流速較慢，而內層水流的流速較快，故外層壓力大而內層壓力小，水會由外往內流，而此渦動流於轉動液面產生的剪力，可能為產生N 邊形漩渦的主要原因之一。流體旋轉系統中，因轉動而產生流體離心力與內外層壓力差交互作用下，於某特定相關的因素條件下，形成特定角形數漩渦，是本實驗的重要發現。When fluids are in rotation, fictitious force given by the container brings about the relative decrease of speed of the bottom and outer layer of water, which causes its pressure to increase, and water to spin inward, resulting in a vortex motion with N-corner polygons formed at the surface of the rotating plate. During this experiment, we discover that the vortices consisted of free and forced vortex and the polygons vary as control parameters f(rotation frequency), H(height of fluid), y(depth of the plate), and R(radius of the plate) change. The larger y and R are,the smaller H is, the more corners show up as f increases. On the contrary, the smaller y and R are,the larger H is, few polygons are identified since the rotating radius of polygons are larger than the plate. According to Bernoulli’s principle, smaller velocity of the outer-layer water causes water pressure to increase and water to spin inward. During this process, shear force is developed at the surface of the rotating fluid, which we believe is the main cause of N-corner polygons. In a rotating system, the interaction of centrifugal force and differential pressure causing a certain Ncorner polygon to be formed under different controlled parameters is our main discovery.