Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow on the End Wall of a Cylindrical Vortex Chamber

Abstract

A presentation of some measurements of velocities in the turbulent boundary layer on the end wall of a vortex chamber. These show that the boundary layer flow is three-dimensional with large inward radial velocities. Consequently, most of the fluid entering the vortex chamber passes into the central region through the boundary layers on the end walls rather than the main space of the vortex chamber. A momentum integral solution is used to obtain an estimate of the radial flow through the end-wall boundary layers. A comparison of the theoretical curves with the experimental results gives support to the main assumptions used in the solutions.