On the effect of a sharp bend in a fully developed turbulent pipe-flow

1968 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Tunstall ◽  
J. K. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Flow ◽  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Secondary Circulation ◽  
Turbulent Pipe Flow ◽  
Sharp Bend ◽  
Random Frequency ◽  
Angle Bend ◽  
Circulatory Flow ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Upstream Flow

It has been found experimentally that the turbulent pipe flow through a mitred, right-angle bend produces a downstream secondary circulation which does not conform to the twin-circulatory flow usually to be found in pipe bends. The secondary flow is dominated by a single circulation about the axis in either a clockwise or an anticlockwise sense, between which it switches abruptly at a low, random frequency. The phenomenon is explained in terms of the asymmetry of the inner wall separation and the turbulent axial circulation generated in the upstream flow.

Experimental study of a turbulent pipe flow through a fractal plate

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. N44 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. C.G.A. Nicolleau ◽  
S. M.M. Salim ◽  
A. F. Nowakowski
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Turbulent Pipe Flow ◽  
Flow Through

Further Experiments With Suction at a Sudden Enlargement in a Pipe

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Heskestad
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Expansion Ratio ◽  
Turbulent Pipe Flow ◽  
Thin Boundary Layer ◽  
Inlet Flow ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Sudden Enlargement ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
And Performance

Previously reported experiments on incompressible flow through a step expansion in a pipe, as influenced by suction at the smaller diameter of the step, have been extended to examine effects of inlet flow on suction requirements and performance of the device as a (short) diffuser. Here the performance for a fully developed turbulent pipe flow is considered and compared to previous results for an inlet flow with thin boundary layer. Whenever overall diffuser length is restricted to values less than some upper limit for a given expansion ratio, then for either inlet flow condition, the present device is shown to produce higher pressure recoveries (adjusted for suction power) than conical diffusers.

Particle Destabilization in Turbulent Pipe Flow

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 435-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Döll
Keyword(s):  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Turbulent Pipe Flow ◽  
Cationic Polymers ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Polyelectrolyte Adsorption ◽  
Charge Neutralization ◽  
Silica Suspensions ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Turbulent Flow Conditions

Silica suspensions (pH = 6.8) and three different cationic polymers were used to study the kinetics of charge neutralization by polyelectrolyte adsorption. The experiments were performed in a continuous flow pipe reactor under steady state turbulent flow conditions. The charge neutralization was monitored by electrophoretic mobility (EPM) measurements of the suspended particles as a function of time after polyelectrolyte audition. The results show the dependency of the destabilization reaction rate on flow and polymer characteristics.

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