TY - JOUR
T1 - Steady entrance flow in a strongly curved tube
AU - Tanishita, Kazuo
AU - Suzuki, Jyunichi
AU - Ohishi, Naobumi
AU - Naruse, Takeshi
PY - 1991/3
Y1 - 1991/3
N2 - Laser Doppler velocity measurements were performed on the entry flow of a strongly curved tube with the parabolic entry profile, in which a maximum curvature ratio, defined as the ratio of tube radius to the radius of curvature a/R, achieved is 1/2 . Both axial and secondary velocities were measured, describing the fairly complete flow field. Intensified curvature effects cause the secondary flow, and the maximum secondary flow velocity went up to 90% of the cross-sectional averaged axial velocity in the curved tube with a/R = 1.2. Due to this enhanced secondary flow, separation of secondary flow is found near the inner wall.
AB - Laser Doppler velocity measurements were performed on the entry flow of a strongly curved tube with the parabolic entry profile, in which a maximum curvature ratio, defined as the ratio of tube radius to the radius of curvature a/R, achieved is 1/2 . Both axial and secondary velocities were measured, describing the fairly complete flow field. Intensified curvature effects cause the secondary flow, and the maximum secondary flow velocity went up to 90% of the cross-sectional averaged axial velocity in the curved tube with a/R = 1.2. Due to this enhanced secondary flow, separation of secondary flow is found near the inner wall.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026118126
SN - 0387-5016
VL - 57
SP - 898
EP - 904
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
IS - 535
ER -