Author:
Durst F.,Melling A.,Whitelaw J. H.
Abstract
Flow visualization and laser-anemometry measurements are reported in the flow downstream of a plane 3: 1 symmetric expansion in a duct with an aspect ratio of 9·2: 1 downstream of the expansion. The flow was found to be markedly dependent on Reynolds number, and strongly three-dimensional even well away from the channel corners except at the lowest measurable velocities. The measurements at a Reynolds number of 56 indicated that the separation regions behind each step were of equal length. Symmetric velocity profiles existed from the expansion to a fully developed, parabolic profile far downstream, although there were substantial three-dimensional effects in the vicinity of the separation regions. The velocity profiles were in good agreement with those obtained by solving the two-dimensional momentum equation. At a Reynolds number of 114, the two separation regions were of different lengths, leading to asymmetric velocity profiles; three dimensional effects were much more pronounced. At a Reynolds number of 252, a third separation zone was found on one wall, downstream of the smaller of the two separation zones adjacent to the steps. As at the lower Reynolds numbers, the flow was very stable. At higher Reynolds numbers the flow became less stable and periodicity became increasingly important in the main stream; this was accompanied by a highly disturbed fluid motion in the separation zones, as the flow tended towards turbulence.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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