A Second Turbulent Regime When a Fully Developed Axial Turbulent Flow Enters a Rotating Pipe

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinand-J. Cloos ◽  
Anna-L. Zimmermann ◽  
Peter F. Pelz
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Circumferential Velocity ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Flow Number

When a fluid enters a rotating circular pipe a swirl boundary layer with thickness of δ̃s appears at the wall and interacts with the axial momentum boundary layer with thickness of δ̃. We investigate a turbulent flow applying Laser-Doppler-Anemometry to measure the circumferential velocity profile at the inlet of the rotating pipe. The measured swirl boundary layer thickness follows a power law taking Reynolds number and flow number into account. A combination of high Reynolds number, high flow number and axial position causes a transition of the swirl boundary layer development in the turbulent regime. At this combination, the swirl boundary layer thickness as well as the turbulence intensity increase and the latter yields a self-similarity. The circumferential velocity profile changes to a new presented self-similarity as well. We define the transition inlet length, where the transition appears and a stability map for the two regimes is given for the case of a fully developed axial turbulent flow enters the rotating pipe.

Effect of velocity profile on instability of the viscoelastic liquid sheet

2014 ◽  
Vol 229 (11) ◽  
pp. 2031-2044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runze Duan ◽  
Zhiying Chen ◽  
Liansheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Liquid Sheet ◽  
Viscoelastic Liquid ◽  
Rheological Parameters ◽  
Liquid Sheets ◽  
Elasticity Number

A linear analysis method has been used to investigate the instability behavior of the viscoelastic liquid sheets moving in the surrounding ambient gas. The gas boundary layer thickness and the liquid sheet velocity profile were taken into account. The effects of gas and liquid viscosity on the growth rate were revealed. The governing equations were obtained through analysis of the liquid and gas domain and solved using the spectral method. The viscoelastic rheological parameters and some flow parameters have been tested to investigate their influences on the instability of the viscoelastic liquid sheets. The results reveal that the disturbances grow faster for the viscoelastic liquid sheet than Newtonian one with identical viscosity. Moreover, the increases of Weber number, elasticity number, gas Reynolds number, and momentum flux ratio can accelerate the breakup of the viscoelastic liquid sheet. However, the increases of time constant ratio, boundary layer thickness, and liquid Reynolds number have the opposite effects.

Magnetohydrodynamics Williamson Fluid Comprising Gyrotactic Microorganisms Flows Through a Permeable Stretching Layer with Variable Fluid Properties

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-387
Author(s):  
Amit Parmar ◽  
Rakesh Choudhary ◽  
Krishna Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Schmidt Number ◽  
Gyrotactic Microorganisms ◽  
Williamson Fluid ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Variable Prandtl Number

The present study shows the impacts of Williamson fluid with magnetohydrodynamics flow containing gyrotactic microorganisms under the variable fluid property past permeable stretching sheet. Variable Prandtl number, mass Schmidt number, and gyrotactic microorganisms Schmidt number were all considered. The momentum, energy, mass, and microorganism equations’ governing PDEs are converted into nonlinear coupled ODEs and numerically solved with the bvp4c solver using suitable transformations. The main outcome of this study is that Williamson fluid parameter constantly decreases in velocity profile, however reverse effects can be shown in temperature profile. Also, M parameter and Kp parameter enhance the heat transfer rate, concentration rate and microorganisms boundary layer thickness but declines in momentum boundary layer thickness and velocity profile. The aim of this research is to see how velocity slide, temperature jump, concentration slip, and microorganism slip affect MHD Williamson fluid flow with gyrotactic microorganisms over a leaky surface embedded in spongy medium, with non-linear radiation and non-linear chemical reaction.

Annulus Wall Boundary-Layer Measurements in a Four-Stage Compressor

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Cumpsty
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wall Boundary Layer ◽  
Multistage Compressors ◽  
Full Design

There are few available measurements of the boundary layers in multistage compressors when the repeating-stage condition is reached. These tests were performed in a small four-stage compressor; the flow was essentially incompressible and the Reynolds number based on blade chord was about 5 • 104. Two series of tests were performed; in one series the full design number of blades were installed, in the other series half the blades were removed to reduce the solidity and double the staggered spacing. Initially it was wished to examine the hypothesis proposed by Smith [1] that staggered spacing is a particularly important scaling parameter for boundary layer thickness; the results of these tests and those of Hunter and Cumpsty [2] tend to suggest that it is tip clearance which is most potent in determining boundary-layer integral thicknesses. The integral thicknesses agree quite well with those published by Smith.

Melting heat transfer in the stagnation-point flow of Maxwell fluid with double-diffusive convection

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 760-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasawar Hayat ◽  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
Ahmad Alsaedi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Double Diffusive Convection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diffusive Convection ◽  
Double Diffusive

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the melting heat transfer in the stagnation-point flow with double-diffusive convection. Design/methodology/approach – Series solutions for velocity, temperature and concentration are constructed via homotopy analysis method. Findings – The authors observed that the behaviors of N, ?2 and M on the velocity and boundary layer thickness are qualitatively similar. Further, for A<1 the velocity profile and boundary layer thickness increase with the increase of A. However, when A>1 then the velocity profile increases but the boundary layer thickness decreases when A is increased. Originality/value – This analysis has not been discussed in the literature previously.

Streakline Flow Visualization of Discrete Hole Film Cooling for Gas Turbine Applications

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Colladay ◽  
L. M. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Turbulent Mixing ◽  
Film Cooling ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Hole Diameter ◽  
Neutrally Buoyant

Film injection from discrete holes in a three row staggered array with 5-dia spacing was studied for three hole angles: (1) normal, (2) slanted 30 deg to the surface in the direction of the mainstream, and (3) slanted 30 deg to the surface and 45 deg laterally to the mainstream. The ratio of the boundary layer thickness-to-hole diameter and the Reynolds number were typical of gas turbine film cooling applications. Results from two different injection locations are presented to show the effect of boundary layer thickness on film penetration and mixing. Detailed streaklines showing the turbulent motion of the injected air were obtained by photographing very small neutrally-buoyant helium filled “soap” bubbles which follow the flow field. Unlike smoke, which diffuses rapidly in the high turbulent mixing region associated with discrete hole blowing, the bubble streaklines passing downstream injection locations are clearly identifiable and can be traced back to their point of ejection.

scholarly journals Numerical investigations of flow around subsea covers at high Reynolds numbers

2021 ◽  
Vol 1201 (1) ◽  
pp. 012013
Author(s):  
G Yin ◽  
Y Zhang ◽  
M C Ong
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Boundary Layer Thickness ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Stream Velocity ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
High Reynolds

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations of flow over wall-mounted rectangular and trapezoidal ribs subjected to a turbulent boundary layer flow with the normalized boundary layer thickness of δ/D = 0.73,1.96,2.52 (D is the height of the ribs) have been carried out by using the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations combined with the k – ω SST (Shear Stress Transport) turbulence model. The angles of the two side slopes of trapezoidal rib varies from 0° to 60°. The Reynolds number based on the free-stream velocity U ∞ and D are 1 × 106 and 2 × 106. The results obtained from the present numerical simulations are in good agreement with the published experimental data. Furthermore, the effects of the angle of the two side slopes of the trapezoidal ribs, the Reynolds number and the boundary layer thickness on the hydrodynamic quantities are discussed.

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