Experimental investigation of the swirling flow and the helical vortices induced by a twisted tape inside a circular pipe

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cazan, Radu ^a   Aidun, Cyrus K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; VELOCITY;

CO-ROTATING VORTICES; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LDV MEASUREMENTS; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SECONDARY VORTEX; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TURBULENT SWIRLING FLOWS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 64249120031     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3085699     Document Type: Article

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