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Oscillatory flow in curved pipes. Part 1. The developing-flow case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

T. Mullin  and
C. A. Greated
T. Mullin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh Present address: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
C. A. Greated
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh
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Abstract

The results of an experimental investigation of the entry, into a curved pipe, of the fully developed oscillatory laminar flow in a straight section are presented. Laser anemometry has been used to measure velocity profiles in the plane of the bend at various stations around a 180°-curved section. The flow development is found to depend upon both the frequency parameter of the flow and the amplitude of oscillation.

Results are presented for two values of the frequency parameter α. The first is for small α where the flow can be considered quasi-steady and the flow development is found to proceed as in previous steady-flow studies. The other case, more extensively studied, is where α has a value such that both viscous and inertial effects play important roles in establishing the basic flow at different parts of the pressure cycle. The flow development process around the curve is found to be complicated, but a general trend is found and the results are explained in terms of those already established for steady-flow development in a curved pipe.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , 29 May 1980 , pp. 383 - 395
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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