Experiments on laminar flow in curved channels of square section
- 28 July 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 48 (3) , 417-422
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112071001678
Abstract
Recently Cheng & Akiyama (1970) published a numerical analysis of laminar flow in curved channels of square and rectangular section. Experimental results are presented here for flow in curved channels of square section. The channels were toroidal in shape, and the flow was driven electromagnetically. Various ratios of the channel dimension d to the channel radius of curvature, R, were used to investigate the dependence of friction factor, f, on the Dean number K, and the Reynolds number, Re. For 5 × 102 < K < 7 × 104 the formula (fRe) = 1·51 K½ was found to fit all the results, although R/d was varied from 17·5 down to the low value of 1·75. At lower values of K the analysis of Cheng & Akiyama was approximately validated.Keywords
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