Affiliation:
1. Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstrasse 4, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
Abstract
Abstract
The authors’ research work into fully developed pulsating and oscillating laminar pipe and channel flows raised questions regarding the development length of the corresponding steady flow. For this development length, i.e., the distance from the entrance of the pipe to the axial position where the flow reaches the parabolic velocity profile of the Hagen-Poiseuille flow, a wide range of contradictory data exists. This is shown through a short review of the existing literature. Superimposed diffusion and convection, together with order of magnitude considerations, suggest that the normalized development length can be expressed as L∕D=C0+C1Re and for Re→0 one obtains C0=0.619, whereas for Re→∞ one obtains C1=0.0567. This relationship is given only once in the literature and it is presumed to be valid for all Reynolds numbers. Numerical studies show that it is only valid for Re→0 and Re→∞. The development length of laminar, plane channel flow was also investigated. The authors obtained similar results to those for the pipe flow: L∕D=C0′+C1′; Re, where C0′=0.631 and C1′=0.044. Finally, correlations are given to express L∕D analytically for the entire Re range for both laminar pipe and channel flows.
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