Study of axisymmetric flow problems by Hele-Shaw models
Abstract
Hele-Shaw models have been applied for solving two-dimensional, irrotational flow problems such as flow past bodies or radial seepage flow. The gap between the two plates is varied as a cubic parabola in the radial direction. Results are presented for seven axisymmetric models, including a cylindrical body with 60-deg conical head forms, an axisymmetric sluice entrance with a compound elliptical transition and radial flow to a well with a free surface. Pressure distributions were computed and compared with water-tunnel data, wind-tunnel data, finite-differential solutions and exact solutions.
- Publication:
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Indian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Division
- Pub Date:
- May 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980InJME..60..173R
- Keywords:
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- Axisymmetric Flow;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Flat Plates;
- Potential Flow;
- Two Dimensional Flow;
- Viscous Flow;
- Finite Difference Theory;
- Laminar Flow;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Pressure Distribution;
- Reynolds Number;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer