An investigation of time-mean velocity and consistency distributions in a fiber suspension jet
Abstract
An experimental apparatus was developed for the study of an axially symmetric submerged and turbulent jet discharged into a cylindrical tank. Water jets were used to check the effects of the confining tank on the jet velocity profiles and momentum fluxes. Suspension jets of nylon 12 fibers in water were then investigated to determine if the presence of fibers would significantly affect the velocity profiles, momentum fluxes, and consistency distributions. Local time-mean velocities and consistencies of the suspension jets were measured by a water purged pitot tube and a water purged optical probe, respectively. The latter was calibrated in a flowing fiber suspension of known velocities and consistencies.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976PhDT........73W
- Keywords:
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- Consistency;
- Turbulent Jets;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Fibers;
- Suspending (Hanging);
- Water Injection;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer