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Pulsatile entrance flow in a curved pipe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

L. Talbot  and
K. O. Gong
L. Talbot
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
K. O. Gong
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Present address: IBM Corp., Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
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Abstract

An experimental investitition was made of the entry flow in a curved pipe under conditions wherein a pulsatile component of flow was superimposed on a steady mean flow. Two experiments were conducted, one in a pipe of curvature ratio $\delta = \frac{1}{20}$ under conditions of Womersley parameter αw = 8·0 and alternative Dean number κ = 120, the second in a pipe of $\delta = \frac{1}{7}$ for αw = 12·5 and κ = 372. Laser-velocimetry measurements of the axial and secondary velocities were made throughout the cross-section at different instants of time within the cycle and at several axial locations downstream from the pipe entrance.

The flow in the first experiment was found to be quasisteady, with axial and secondary velocities varying in time at the several axial stations proportionally to the instantaneous mean velocity, but essentially the same in character as low-Dean-number steady entry flow. The flow in the second experiment was more complex, with separation of the axial flow appearing at the inner bend during deceleration, starting downstream and propagating upstream toward the pipe entrance. Helical motions imbedded within the Dean circulation were also observed, and during certain portions of the cycle the secondary motions within the central core took on a jet-like structure.

It suggested that the classifications employed by Smith to describe the different regimes of fully-developed pulsatile flow in curved pipes may also be useful to distinguish between different entry-flow regimes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 127 , February 1983 , pp. 1 - 25
Copyright
© 1983 Cambridge University Press

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