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The Design of Axisymmetric Ducts for Incompressible Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

P Laidler  and
F Walkden
P Laidler
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Salford
F Walkden
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Salford
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Summary

An algorithm is described for solving the partial differential equations governing inviscid, incompressible, irrotational and axisymmetric flow in order to obtain duct wall shapes from prescribed wall velocity distributions. Equations of motion are formulated with distances from and along the axis of symmetry as dependent variables. A velocity potential and Stokes stream function are employed as independent variables. A numerical method based on the iterative solution of finite-difference equations on a non-uniform mesh is presented. The residuals obtained from calculations with differing mesh sizes, for the two examples described, indicate that the proposed method gives satisfactory solutions to the specified design problem.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 21 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1977

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