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Laminar swirling flow and vortex breakdown in a pipe
- Publication Year :
- 1991
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598, 1991.
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Abstract
- A problem of asymmetric swirling flow in a pipe has been analyzed by the finite volume numerical simulation of the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations expressed in cylindrical polar coordinates. The swirl is generated by one tangential inlet near the closed base of the duct. Because of the high value of the swirl number, S, a vortex breakdown forms near the base of the cylinder; it is of bubble-like shape. Downstream of the bubble the axial flow is at first wavy and finally tends toward the Poiseuille profile, while the swirl decays exponentially. At high enough axial Reynolds number, Re, the flow becomes time dependent.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Finite volume method
Mechanical Engineering
Mathematics::Analysis of PDEs
Computational Mechanics
General Physics and Astronomy
Reynolds number
Laminar flow
Mechanics
Hagen–Poiseuille equation
Computer Science Applications
Vortex
Physics::Fluid Dynamics
symbols.namesake
Classical mechanics
Axial compressor
Mechanics of Materials
symbols
Duct (flow)
Cylindrical coordinate system
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e1357c9807cc6b5d07300cd8c43ca48f