Turbulent flows in curved pipes: recent advances in experiments and simulations

A Kalpakli Vester, R Örlü… - Applied …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Curved pipes are essential components of nearly all the industrial process equipments,
ranging from power production, chemical and food industries, heat exchangers, nuclear …

LES-based vortical flow characterization in a 90-turned pipe bend

S Wegt, R Maduta, J Kissing, J Hussong, S Jakirlić - Computers & Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work is concerned with the characterization of the vortical flow topology within a
90°-pipe bend by means of a well-resolved, highly comprehensive Large-Eddy Simulation …

Decay of secondary motion downstream bends in turbulent pipe flows

KG Bilde, K Sørensen, J Hærvig - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Decay of secondary motion downstream 180 pipe bends is investigated using large-eddy
simulations for the bend radii of 1≤ r B/dh≤ 3.375 at a Reynolds number of Re h= 10 000⁠ …

Study on reduction in pressure losses in pipe bends using guide vanes

R Reghunathan Valsala, SW Son, A Suryan… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The pipe bends are common elements in pipeline network of mechanical systems. The
losses in pipes and bend are generally considered as insignificant and unavoidable. The …

Laboratory study of secondary flow in an open channel bend by using PIV

R Bai, D Zhu, H Chen, D Li - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The present paper aims to gain deeper insight into the evolution of secondary flows in open
channel bend. A U-shaped open channel with long straight inflow/outflow reaches was used …

Investigation into the phenomenon of flow deviation in the S-shaped discharge passage of a slanted axial-flow pumping system

C Wang, F Wang, Y Tang, D Zi… - Journal of Fluids …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A remarkable flow deviation phenomenon exists in the S-shaped discharge passage of a
slanted axial-flow pumping system. In order to reveal the characteristics and development …

Effects of blade lean on internal swirl cooling at turbine blade leading edges

X Yang, F Seibold, Z Feng, B Weigand - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
The blade lean technique has been extensively employed in the design of modern gas
turbine blades. Since swirl cooling is a promising alternative for internal cooling techniques …

Experimental study and numerical models assessment of turbulent mixed convection heat transfer in a vertical open cavity

G Yang, Y Huang, J Wu, L Zhang, G Chen, R Lv… - Building and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Flow and heat transfer in a vertical open cavity with turbulent mixed convection is
investigated experimentally and numerically. The internal size of the cavity is 1 m× 1 m× 1.2 …

A quantum-classical Liouville formalism in a preconditioned basis and its connection with phase-space surface hopping

Y Wu, JE Subotnik - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We revisit a recent proposal to model nonadiabatic problems with a complex-valued
Hamiltonian through a phase-space surface hopping (PSSH) algorithm employing a pseudo …

Tomographic PIV measurements and RANS simulations of secondary flows inside a horizontally positioned helically coiled tube

P Kováts, FJWA Martins, M Mansour, D Thévenin… - Experiments in …, 2020 - Springer
Helically coiled tubes are widely used in industry to enhance heat and mass transfer in the
laminar flow regime, due to their secondary flow pattern. In this study, tomographic particle …