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Laminar flow in twisted pipes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

E. R. Tuttle
E. R. Tuttle
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of Denver, Denver CO 80208, USA
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Abstract

The effect of torsion on fully developed laminar flow in a twisted pipe is considered in the low-Reynolds-number regime. The flow in a pipe of elliptical cross-section whose axis is straight but which is twisted about that axis is examined and the secondary flow pattern found. The helical pipe of circular cross-section is also revisited; in this case, the first-order torsional effect on the streamtubes is verified, and previous conclusions that such an effect would be of higher order are explained.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 219 , October 1990 , pp. 545 - 570
Copyright
© 1990 Cambridge University Press

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