Primary and secondary steady flows of the Taylor problem (Q1116828)

In this paper we study steady state primary and secondary flows of the Taylor problem. Instead of varying only a ``load'' parameter, e.g., the Reynolds number, as is often done in a study of the Taylor problem, one may vary also a certain ``structure'' parameter of the problem so as to obtain more detailed results. The use of such a structure parameter leads e.g., to more complete bifurcation diagrams for the primary and secondary flows than those obtained previously by means of catastrophe theory, amplitude equations, or singularity theory.