The effect of inlet conditions on concentrated suspension flows in abrupt expansions.
In: Physics of Fluids, Jg. 18 (2006-12-01), Heft 12, S. 123303-123306
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This work explores the influence of inlet conditions on the particle concentration distribution and flow field of a concentrated suspension undergoing steady flow in an abrupt, axisymmetric 1:4 expansion. Specifically, we consider the impact of inlet conditions in the upstream narrow tube on the resulting downstream profiles. Particle concentration and velocity profiles were measured by using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. Experiments were conducted with two contrasting inlet tube lengths of 10d 1 and 128d 1 , where d 1 is the diameter of the narrow inlet tube. In the short inlet case, none of the particle concentration fields were fully developed upon entering the expansion, whereas several of the suspensions had fully developed profiles in the long inlet case. Results indicate that concentration differences between the core and annular regions were greater for the cases with a long inlet tube than in cases with a short inlet tube, likely owing to the higher degree of particle migration occurring in the long inlet tube before entry into the expansion. Also, the lengths of recirculating regions were greater for suspensions in the long inlet than in the short inlet geometry, while both systems followed the same trend of increasing recirculation length with bulk particle volume fraction and correlation with the ratio of tube center to wall concentration values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The effect of inlet conditions on concentrated suspension flows in abrupt expansions.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Moraczewski, Tracey ; Shapley, Nina C. |
Zeitschrift: | Physics of Fluids, Jg. 18 (2006-12-01), Heft 12, S. 123303-123306 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2006 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1070-6631 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.2409619 |
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