Bulletin of JSME
Online ISSN : 1881-1426
Print ISSN : 0021-3764
Pipe Flows of Dilute Aqueous Polymer Solution : Part 1, Experimental Study of Pipe Friction Coefficient
Yuji TOMITA
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1970 Volume 13 Issue 61 Pages 926-934

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Pipe flows of dilute aqueous polymer solution are studied experimentally. Measurement is made for two different pipe-sizes using 0.5 to 70 wppm solutions of polyethylene oxide of approximate molecular weight of 6×106. The results show : 1) the friction coefficient is dependent, under a certain condition, on a heading tank water level and this phenomenon is not due to pressure : 2) the Toms effect is promoted at relatively small Reynolds number by decreasing the pipe diameter, increasing the concentration and /or the heading tank level : 3) an unusual pressure drop occurs upstream immediately before the orifice plate : and 4) interesting behavior of dye filaments in pipe flow is observed in the transition and turbulent flow regions.

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