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The production of constant-shear flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

H. G. C. Woo  and
J. E. Cermak
H. G. C. Woo
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
J. E. Cermak
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Abstract

An effective and practical method of producing strong constant-shear flow with a low turbulence level in the laboratory has been developed. A pair of closely spaced shaped gauzes with the upstream gauze of non-uniform porosity and the downstream gauze of uniform porosity was used for the generation of the flow. The method presented can be generalized to specify the gauze shape and porosity distribution necessary to generate other velocity distributions desired in a duct flow.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 234 , January 1992 , pp. 279 - 296
Copyright
© 1992 Cambridge University Press

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