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Velocity measurements inside a rotating cylindrical cavity with a radial outflow of fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

J. M. Owen  and
J. R. Pincombe
J. M. Owen
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Sussex, U.K.
J. R. Pincombe
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Sussex, U.K.
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Abstract

Flow visualization and laser-doppler anemometry have been used to determine the flow structure and measure the velocity distribution inside a rotating cylindrical cavity with an outer to inner radius ratio of 10, and an axial spacing to inner radius ratio of 2·67. A flow structure comprising an inner layer, Ekman layers, an outer layer and an interior potential core has been confirmed for the cases where the inlet air enters the cavity either axially, through a central hole, or radially, through a central gauze tube, and leaves radially through a series of holes in the peripheral shroud. Velocity measurements in the laminar Ekman layers agree well with the ‘modified linear theory’, and long-and short-wavelength disturbances (which have been reported by other experimenters) have been observed on the Ekman layers when the radial Reynolds number exceeds a critical value. The phenomenon of reverse flow in the Ekman layers and the possibility of ingress of external fluid through the holes in the shroud have also been observed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , 11 July 1980 , pp. 111 - 127
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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