Impact of the waves on the product flux of the Iguasu gas centrifuge

2D axisymmetric transient flow induced by a pulsed braking force in the Iguasu gas centrifuge is simulated numerically. The simulation is performed for two cases: transient and stationary. The braking forces averaged over the period of rotation are equal to each other in both cases. The transient case is compared with the stationary case where the flow is excited by the stationary braking force. In the transient case the gas flux through the gap in the bottom baffle exceeds on 15 % the same flux in the stationary case for the same gas content and temperature at the walls of the rotor. We argue that the waves can reduce the gas content in the GC on the same 15 %.