Nonisentropic Nonsteady Liquid Flow with Centrifugal, Gravitational, and Dissipative Forces

Abstract

The method of characteristics is used to present general compatibility relations for nonsteady liquid flow or water-hammer theory which permit the investigation of the dynamics of the flow under diverse conditions; that is, for a liquid flowing in a variable area conduit affected by heat addition, by gravity, by friction forces, and by centrifugal forces such as in a mixed-flow radial vane pump. The compatibility equations are presented in finite difference form, and numerical-graphical methods for their solution are indicated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
ADA395544

Entities

People

  • Fred S. Sidransky

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Velocity
  • Cavitation
  • Centrifugal Force
  • Dynamics
  • Electromagnetic Pumps
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Friction
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Gravity
  • Heat Energy
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Pumps
  • Specific Gravity
  • Specific Volume
  • Water Hammer

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.