The supersonic and low-speed flows past circular cylinders of finite length supported at one end

1962 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Sykes

The flow past circular cylinders of finite length, supported at one end and lying with their axes perpendicular to a uniform stream, has been investigated in a supersonic stream at Mach number 1.96 and also in a low-speed stream. In both stream it was found that the flow past the cylinders could be divided into three regions: (a) a central region, (b) that near the free end of the cylinder, and (c) that near the supported end. The locations of the second and third regions were found to be almost independent of the cylinder length-to-diameter ratio, provided that this exceeded 4, while the flow within and the extent of the first region were dependent on this ratio. Form-drag coefficients determined in the central region in the supersonic flow were in close agreement with the values determined at the same Mach number by other workers. In the low-speed flow the local form-drag coefficients were dependent on length-to-diameter ratio and were always less than that of an infinite-length cylinder at the same Reynolds number.

2014 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
Yong Tao Wang ◽  
Zhong Min Yan ◽  
Hui Min Wang

The flow past two tandem circular cylinders of different diameters is simulated by using a finite volume method. The diameter of the downstream main cylinder is kept constant, and the diameter ratio between the upstream control cylinder and the downstream one is varied from 0.1 to 1.0. The Reynolds number based on the diameter of the downstream main cylinder is 100 and 150. The gap between the control cylinder and the main cylinder ranges from 0.1 to 4.0 times the diameter of the main cylinder. It is concluded that the gap ratio and the diameter ratio between the two cylinders have important effects on the drag coefficients and flow characteristics.


Author(s):  
David M. Rooney ◽  
John C. Vaccaro ◽  
Rafael Smijtink

Abstract Hot-wire measurements were taken in the wake of ten finite length circular cylinders, six of which were also tapered, in a uniform flow in a low speed wind tunnel. The Reynolds number based on mean cylinder diameter ranged from 2100 ≤ Re ≤ 5500, the aspect ratio (AR) of the cylinders varied from 16 ≤ AR ≤ 64, and the taper ratio (RT) varied from 21.3 ≤ RT ≤ 96. The vortex shedding along the spans of the cylinders coalesced into discrete cells, the range of Strouhal numbers and the number of cells being a function of the cylinder aspect ratio and taper ratio. It was found that the number of discrete cells is linearly related to a cylinder geometry ratio (CGR) defined as CGR = AR(1 + AR/RT).


2018 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 260-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Karthik ◽  
S. Vengadesan ◽  
S. K. Bhattacharyya

CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1657-1662
Author(s):  
Na Zhang ◽  
Yuqing Yin ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Siyuan Wang ◽  
...  

Lu2O3 crystals have attracted intense attention due to their great potential in the field of high power solid-state lasers.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (8-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Zubaidah Sulaiman ◽  
Rafiziana Md Kasmani ◽  
A. Mustafa

Flame propagation in a closed pipe with diameter 0.1 m and 5.1 m long, as well as length to diameter ratio (L/D) of 51, was studied experimentally. Hydrogen/air, acetylene/air and methane/air with stoichiometric concentration were used to observe the trend of flame propagation throughout the pipe. Experimental work was carried out at operating condition: pressure 1 atm and temperature 273 K. Results showed that all fuels are having a consistent trend of flame propagation in one-half of the total pipe length in which the acceleration is due to the piston-like effect. Beyond the point, fuel reactivity and tulip phenomenon were considered to lead the flame being quenched and decrease the overpressures drastically. The maximum overpressure for all fuels are approximately 1.5, 7, 8.5 barg for methane, hydrogen, and acetylene indicating that acetylene explosion is more severe. 


1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-320
Author(s):  
L. J. Nypan

Measurements of roller skewing of a 1.15 length to diameter ratio roller in 118 mm bore roller bearings of 0.18 and 0.21 mm (0.0073 and 0.0083 in.) clearance operating with a 4450 N (1000 lb) radial load at shaft speeds of 4000, 8000, and 12,000 rpm with outer race misalignment of 0, 0.5, and −0.5 deg are reported.


2013 ◽  
Vol 419 ◽  
pp. 355-359
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Wei Li Liu ◽  
Le Sheng Chen

The paper analyzes the influence of structural parameters on the electrical performance of the microstructured environmentally-friendly electrical contact material Ag/SnO2 by using numerical simulation method.The numerical results show that the reisitivity of fiber-like electrical contact material Ag/SnO2 is significantly reduced compared with the resistivity of Ag/SnO2 adding reinforcing nanoparticles in the traditional way.So the fiber-like electrical contact material Ag/SnO2 exhibits higher conductivity in macro. On further analysis, we learn that the resistivity of fibrous electrical contact materials is related to weight percent of reinforced phase, and micro-structural parameter of length to diameter ratio. The resistivity increases as weight percent of reinforced phase increases,and decreases non-linearly with micro-structural parameter of length to diameter ratio increasing.This demonstrates that numerical simulation is one of effective methods for analysis of the electrical performance of the microstructured electrical contact material.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 168781401668726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Yang ◽  
Gangyan Li ◽  
Dawei Hu ◽  
Toshiharu Kagawa

In this study, we proposed a method for calculating the sonic conductance of a short-tube orifice. First, we derived a formula for calculating the sonic conductance based on a continuity equation, a momentum equation and the definition of flow-rate characteristics. The flow-rate characteristics of different orifices were then measured using the upstream constant-pressure test method in ISO 6358. Based on these test data, the theoretical formula was simplified using the least squares fitting method, the accuracy of which was verified experimentally. Finally, the effects of the diameter ratio, the length-to-diameter ratio and the critical pressure ratio were analysed with reference to engineering applications, and a simplified formula was derived. We conclude that the influence of the diameter ratio is greater than that of the length-to-diameter ratio. When the length-to-diameter ratio is <5, its effect can be neglected. The critical pressure ratio has little effect on the sonic conductance of a short-tube orifice, and it can be set to 0.5 when calculating the sonic conductance in engineering applications. The formula proposed in this study is highly accurate with a mean error of <3%.


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