Effect of Vessel Tapering on the Transition to Turbulent Flow: Implications in the Cardiovascular System

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Walburn ◽  
P. D. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
Abdominal Aorta ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometer ◽  
Laser Doppler

The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of tapering upon the tendency of flow to become turbulent in straight symmetric tubes. Velocity was measured with a laser Doppler anemometer in plexiglass tubes which tapered 0.5 deg, 1.5 deg, and 2.5 deg measured from the centerline to the wall. These angles were comparable to the angles of tapering observed in the abdominal aorta of normal subjects, 1.5 deg ± 0.2 deg (mean ± SEM) (range 0 deg to 3 deg). The transition Reynolds number (based on the diameter of the tube at the piont of measurement) increased as the angle of tapering increased. When the angle of tapering was constant, the transition Reynolds number increased with increasing distance into the tapered section. These observations suggest that tapering of the abdominal aorta tends to promote laminar flow.

Turbulent Flow over a Plane Normal Wall

1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Fraser ◽  
M. H. Siddig
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometer ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Plane Normal ◽  
Normal Wall ◽  
Side Walls

A DISA two-colour back-scatter laser Doppler anemometer was used to take measurements of mean and fluctuating velocities of an air flow of 4.6 × 104 Reynolds number in a short duct with a normal wall fixed to one side. Walls of 30 and 20 mm height were investigated and the resulting flow patterns were compared.

A Study of Flow of Plastics Through Pipes

1946 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. A101-A105
Author(s):  
R. C. Binder ◽  
J. E. Busher
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Dynamic Viscosity ◽  
Apparent Viscosity ◽  
Turbulent Viscosity ◽  
Yield Value

Abstract The pipe friction coefficient for true fluids is usually expressed as a function of Reynolds number. This method of organizing data has been extended to tests on the flow of different suspensions which behaved as ideal plastics in the laminar-flow range and as true fluids in the turbulent-flow range. In the laminar-flow range, Reynolds number below about 2100, the denominator in Reynolds number is taken as the apparent viscosity. The apparent viscosity can be determined from the yield value and the coefficient of rigidity. In the turbulent-flow range, the denominator in Reynolds number is an equivalent or turbulent viscosity equal to the dynamic viscosity of a true fluid having the same friction coefficient, velocity, diameter, and density as that of the plastic. The various experimental data on plastics correlate well with this extension of the method for true fluids.

Use of laser doppler anemometer for the investigation of turbulent flow of polymer solutions

1975 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1474-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Pokryvailo ◽  
D. A. Prokopchuk ◽  
Z. P. Shul'man
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Polymer Solutions ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometer ◽  
Laser Doppler

scholarly journals Experimental Analysis of Anisotropic Turbulent Flow in a Distorting Duct by a Laser-Doppler Anemometer.

1992 ◽  
Vol 58 (550) ◽  
pp. 1753-1760
Author(s):  
Hitoshi SUGIYAMA ◽  
Mitsunobu AKIYAMA ◽  
Nao NINOMIYA ◽  
Yoshinori YAKUWA ◽  
Masaru HIRATA
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Laser Doppler Anemometer ◽  
Laser Doppler

Performance Analysis of High Speed Floating Ring Hybrid Bearing in the Laminar and Turbulent Regimes

2011 ◽  
Vol 197-198 ◽  
pp. 1776-1780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Guo ◽  
Bo Qian Xia ◽  
Shao Qi Cen
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Flow Equation ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Static And Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Hybrid Bearing

This paper presents a theoretical study concerning the static and dynamic characteristics of high speed journal floating ring hybrid bearing compensated by interior restrictor under laminar flow and turbulent flow respectively. The turbulent flow fluid film control equations and the pressure boundary conditions of this floating ring bearing together with the restrictor flow equation are solved by using the Finite Element Method. The variation regularity of static and dynamic characteristics such as load capacity, friction power loss, stiffness, damping etc. is analyzed. By comparing the laminar flow results and turbulent flow results, it is found that the characteristics coefficients are adjacent under small Reynolds number (laminar flow is dominant). But the characteristics coefficients are discrepant under big Reynolds number (turbulent flow is dominant). So turbulence lubrication theory is more accurate to high speed floating ring bearing.

Entropy Generation Minimization of Fully Developed Internal Convective Flows With Constant Heat Flux

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric B. Ratts ◽  
Atul G. Raut
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Constant Heat Flux ◽  
Constant Heat ◽  
Entropy Generation Minimization

This paper addresses the thermodynamic optimum of single-phase convective heat transfer in fully developed flow for uniform and constant heat flux. The optimal Reynolds number is obtained using the entropy generation minimization (EGM) method. Entropy generation due to viscous dissipation and heat transfer dissipation in the flow passage are summed, and then minimized with respect to Reynolds number based on hydraulic diameter. For fixed mass flow rate and fixed total heat transfer rate, and the assumption of uniform heat flux, an optimal Reynolds number for laminar as well as turbulent flow is obtained. In addition, the method quantifies the flow irreversibilities. It was shown that the ratio of heat transfer dissipation to viscous dissipation at minimum entropy generation was 5:1 for laminar flow and 29:9 for turbulent flow. For laminar flow, the study compared non-circular cross-sections to the circular cross-section. The optimal Reynolds number was determined for the following cross-sections: square, equilateral triangle, and rectangle with aspect ratios of two and eight. It was shown that the rectangle with the higher aspect ratio had the smallest optimal Reynolds number, the smallest entropy generation number, and the smallest flow length.

scholarly journals HYDRODYNAMICAL INSTABILITY OF NEWTONIAN FLOW BEFORE AN AXISYMMETRIC SUDDEN CONTRACTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Vadym Orel ◽  
◽  
Bohdan Pitsyshyn ◽  
Tetiana Konyk ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Step Height ◽  
Circular Pipe ◽  
Sudden Expansion ◽  
Newtonian Flow ◽  
Extreme Dependence ◽  
Sudden Contraction

The sizes of the vortex region before the axisymmetric sudden contraction of the circular pipe at the Newtonian flow have been investigated. Area ratios 0.250 and 0.500 were considered. The sizes of the vortex region have the extreme dependence with a maximum at the transition of the laminar flow into a turbulent flow one. When the Reynolds number at the laminar flow increase, these sizes also increase, and they decrease at the turbulent flow. In both cases, the sizes of the vortex region are proportional to the Reynolds number. A transition region between laminar flow and turbulent flow lies in the range of the Reynolds number from 3000 to 5300 and 750…1300, determined by the diameter of a bigger pipe of sudden expansion and a step height correspondingly

scholarly journals STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOURS OF SINGLE-PHASE TURBULENT FLOW AT LOW TO MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS THROUGH A VERTICAL PIPE. PART I: 2D COUNTERS ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-122
Author(s):  
Akeel M. Ali Morad ◽  
Rafi M. Qasim ◽  
Amjed Ahmed Ali
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Mixing Length ◽  
Shearing Force ◽  
Vertical Pipe ◽  
Moderate Reynolds Number

This study presents a model to investigate the behavior of the single-phase turbulent flow at low to moderate Reynolds number of water through the vertical pipe through (2D) contour analysis. The model constructed based on governing equations of an incompressible Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) model with (k-ε) method to observe the parametric determinations such as velocity profile, static pressure profile, turbulent kinetic energy consumption, and turbulence shear wall flows. The water is used with three velocities values obtained of (0.087, 0.105, and 0.123 m/s) to represent turbulent flow under low to moderate Reynolds number of the pipe geometry of (1 m) length with a (50.8 mm) inner diameter. The water motion behavior inside the pipe shows by using [COMSOL Multiphysics 5.4 and FLUENT 16.1] Software. It is concluded that the single-phase laminar flow of a low velocity, but obtained a higher shearing force; while the turbulent flow of higher fluid velocity but obtained the rate of dissipation of shearing force is lower than that for laminar flow. The entrance mixing length is affected directly with pattern of fluid flow. At any increasing in fluid velocity, the entrance mixing length is increase too, due to of fluid kinetic viscosity changes. The results presented the trends of parametric determinations variation through the (2D) counters analysis of the numerical model. When fluid velocity increased, the shearing force affected directly on the layer near-wall pipe. This leads to static pressure decreases with an increase in fluid velocities. While the momentum changed could be played interaction rules between the fluid layers near the wall pipe with inner pipe wall. Finally, the agreement between present results with the previous study of [1] is satisfied with the trend

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