DEAN VORTICES IN CURVED TUBE FLOW .5. 3-D MRI AND NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS OF THE VELOCITY-FIELD

Authors
CHUNG KY BELFORT G EDELSTEIN WA LI XM
Citation
Ky. Chung et al., DEAN VORTICES IN CURVED TUBE FLOW .5. 3-D MRI AND NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS OF THE VELOCITY-FIELD, AIChE journal, 39(10), 1993, pp. 1592-1602
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
AIChE journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00011541
Volume
39
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1592 - 1602
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-1541(1993)39:10<1592:DVICTF>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The velocity contour profiles within Dean vortices produced by flowing water in a solid-walled curved tube are quantitatively measured. Magn etic resonance flow imaging using flow encoding with spin warp imaging is used in two and three dimensions to obtain these velocities. These experimental measurements are then compared with simulations obtained from solutions of the Navier-Stokes and continuity equations for thre e axial flow rates. Numerical solutions were obtained with a finite vo lume method for curved tube Poiseuille flow.