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High Reynolds number flow in a moving corner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Rodney J. Tabaczynski
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
David P. Hoult
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
James C. Keck
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Abstract

The problem of a piston moving in a cylinder is studied experimentally using flow visualization techniques. A vortex motion is observed at the piston face and cylinder wall interface as the cylinder wall moves toward the piston. Non-dimensional scaling parameters for the vortex size and stability are determined and semi-empirical theories for the size of the vortex are presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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