Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/98180
Author(s): Patrícia C. Sousa
Paulo Martins Coelho
Mónica S. N. Oliveira
Manuel A. Alves
Title: Three-dimensional laminar flow in square/square contractions
Issue Date: 2007
Abstract: The Newtonian fluid flow through square/square sudden contractions, with contraction ratios of 2.4:1, 4:1 and 8:1, was investigated both experimental and numerically. Flow visualisations and detailed velocity field measurements using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) were undertaken at low Reynolds numbers (Re 30). The experimental results are also compared to computation obtained using a finite-volume numerical method. In both approaches, the results show a reduction of the size and strength of the corner vortex with the increase of the flow inertia and revealed a helicoidal flow within the vortical structure.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/98180
Source: Métodos Numéricos e Computacionais em Engenharia
Document Type: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
Rights: restrictedAccess
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