Research on Energy Exchange in Nonuniform Flow Fields.

Abstract

The research involved three separate investigations, all related to flow processes and energy exchange in suspensions of particles in fluids. The first investigation, concerned with a particle suspension in shear flow, is a longer-termed investigation and is being continued under separate funding. The result of preliminary experiments and a description of the experimental equipment for further work is given in Section I. The second investigation, on drag of spheres in an oscillating liquid, which has been under way for several years, was completed during this contract period. The importance of the Strouhal frequency, or vortex shedding frequency, in correlating drag measurements is demonstrated. The third investigation, analytical in nature, was undertaken to clarify the results of earlier experiments on the collision process in fluids. The results of the investigation are given. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771794

Entities

People

  • E. E. Zukoski
  • F. E. Marble
  • W. D. Rannie

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Collisions
  • Contracts
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Nonuniform Flow
  • Particles
  • Shear Flow
  • Vortex Shedding

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design