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Lateral diffusion of large particles in turbulent pipe flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

B. B. Sharp  and
I. C. O'Neill
B. B. Sharp
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I. C. O'Neill
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Abstract

A closed flow circuit, comprising a smooth horizontal plastic pipe transporting a dilute suspension of plastic particles in water, was modified to produce a satisfactory environment for the detection of mean particle location across a fixed plane normal to the mean turbulent flow direction. It was established that mean concentration in the vicinity of the vertical diameter was a function of the vertical co-ordinate only, and this result enabled the particle diffusivity to be evaluated for a core region of the cross-section. For a particle relative density in the range 1.035 to 1.126 and a variety of flows, a suitable expression for the dimensionless particle diffusivity is A (1 - BW/u) SN, where u is the friction velocity, W the fall velocity for a particle in still water, S the relative density of the suspended material, and A, B and N are constants.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , 15 February 1971 , pp. 575 - 584
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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