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The Resistance to Air Flow of Wire Gauzes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

W. J. D. Annand
W. J. D. Annand*
Affiliation:
Rolls-Royce Ltd.
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Summary

Wire gauzes are used in air duct systems and wind tunnels for many purposes. Methods of estimating the pressure loss through a gauze currently available are often found in practice to be unsatisfactory. In this paper data obtained by several experimenters are correlated. It is shown that the effect of Reynolds number on pressure drop is similar for a large range of gauze porosities. An empirical method of estimation of the pressure drop is given which can be used with confidence for gauzes of porosity (defined as the proportion of area not blocked by the wires) from 0·27 to 1·00, and over a range of Reynolds number, based on approach velocity and wire diameter, from 20 to 600.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 57 , Issue 507 , March 1953 , pp. 141 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1953

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