The Effect of Inlet Disturbances on Turbulent Pipe Flow
- 1 June 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
- Vol. 16 (3) , 211-213
- https://doi.org/10.1243/jmes_jour_1974_016_036_02
Abstract
Disturbances near the entry to a pipe are shown to effect significantly the development of the turbulent velocity profile. The attainment of a ‘fully developed’ profile at a Reynolds number of 4 × 105 takes rather longer than is often assumed. Consequently, some care is required when designing test facilities with entry pipes (or channels) providing inlet conditions for internal flow component investigations.Keywords
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