Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing

ISSN for PRINT: 1065-3090

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2008, Volume15

Issue 2

95 pages

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Wen-Jei Yang
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A.

Nengli Zhang
Ohio Aerospace Institute at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA

Ching-Pang Lee Lee
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215, U.S.A.

Shinzaburo Umeda
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Fukuyama University, Gakuen-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 729-0292, Japan

This paper summarizes results obtained by the authors from the experimental studies on flow characteristics and energy transport in both single and multiple intersecting flow networks with various geometries. The intersecting pressure loss coefficient, which represents the performance of flow networks, is determined as a function of geometric and flow conditions. A method is developed to measure the ramming loss in an intersecting tube. Flow visualization by various techniques is applied to observe flow patterns, flow separation, and mixing behavior in the flow networks.

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