Effects of the side walls on starting flows in ducts |
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Authors: | M Emin Erdo?an |
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Institution: | Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Makina Fakültesi, Gümü?suyu, ?stanbul 34439, Turkey |
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Abstract: | This article considers the effects of the side walls on the unsteady flow of an incompressible viscous fluid in a duct of uniform cross-section. In order to show the effects of the side walls, three illustrative examples are given. They are: the starting flow in a duct of semicircular cross-section, the starting flow in a duct of rectangular cross-section and the starting flow in a duct of circular cross-section. The velocity distributions and the volume fluxes obtained for these flows are compared and it is shown that the flow in a duct of semicircular cross-section reaches steady state earlier than those for the flow in a duct of circular cross-section and for the flow in a duct of square cross-section. It is found that there are remarkable effects of the side walls of a duct on the required time to attain the asymptotic values of flow properties. |
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Keywords: | Viscous fluid Semicircular duct Rectangular duct Circular pipe Effect of side walls |
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