Journal of Fluids Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Discussion: “A Study of Incompressible Turbulent Boundary Layers in Channel Flow” (Clark, J. A., 1968, ASME J. Basic Eng., 90, pp. 455–467) 

      G. Comte-Bellot (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1968)

    • Discussion: “Unsteady Rotating Flow in a Cylinder With a Free Surface” (Goller, H., and Ranov, T., 1968, ASME J. Basic Eng., 90, pp. 445–452) 

      Edward R. Benton (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1968)

    • Investigation on Turbulent Expansion-Corner Flow With Shock Impingement 

      Kung-Ming Chung; Associate Research Fellow (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      Experiments are performed to study the interaction of an impinging shock wave and an expansion fan in a Mach 1.280 flow. The expansion fan neutralizes the pressure rise induced by the impinging ...

    • Editorial 

      Yoshinobu Tsujimoto; Associate Editor (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      This volume contains eight papers on turbomachinery covering CFD applications, detailed flow measurements on unsteady flow, new design methods and control devices, and conventional empirical ...

    • Editorial 

      J. Katz (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      I would like to start this editorial by expressing my gratitude to three Associate Editors who have recently completed their three-year terms. Professor Peter Bradshaw has provided his unparalleled ...

    • Shock Wave Reflections in Dust-Gas Suspensions 

      G. Ben-Dor; O. Igra; L. Wang; Visiting Researcher (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      The reflection of planar shock waves from straight wedges in dust-gas suspensions is investigated numerically. The GRP shock capturing scheme and the MacCormac scheme are applied to solve the ...

    • Plane Turbulent Surface Jets in Shallow Tailwater 

      S. A. Ead; N. Rajaratnam (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      This paper presents a theoretical and laboratory study of plane turbulent surface jets in shallow tailwater. The main objective was to show that when the depth of tailwater is finite, the ...

    • The Force and Pressure of a Diffuser-Equipped Bluff Body in Ground Effect 

      Andrea E. Senior; Ph.D student; Xin Zhang; Professor in Aerodynamics (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      The force and pressure behavior of a generic diffuser in ground effect were investigated. The diffuser model is a bluff body with a rear diffuser at 17 deg to the horizontal, and side-plates. ...

    • Some Aspects of the Aerodynamics of Gurney Flaps on a Double-Element Wing 

      David Jeffrey; Penske Research Student; David W. Hurst; Senior Lecturer; Xin Zhang; Professor in Aerodynamics (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      Gurney flaps of different heights have been fitted to a generic double-element wing, and the effects at two typical flap angles have been observed using force and pressure measurements, and ...

    • The Compressible Calibration of Miniature Multi-Hole Probes 

      Espen S. Johansen; Graduate Research Assistant; Othon K. Rediniotis; Greg Jones; Research Scientist (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      This work presents the development of a data reduction algorithm for non-nulling, multihole pressure probes in compressible, subsonic flowfields. The algorithm is able to reduce data from any ...

    • Near Wall Measurements for a Turbulent Impinging Slot Jet (Data Bank Contribution)1 

      Jiang Zhe; Graduate Research Assistant; Vijay Modi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      The velocity field in the vicinity of a target surface with a turbulent slot jet impinging normally on it is examined. The impingement region is confined by means of a confinement plate that ...

    • Rotating Probe Measurements of the Pump Passage Flow Field in an Automotive Torque Converter 

      Y. Dong; B. Lakshminarayana (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      The relative flow in an automotive torque converter pump passage was measured at three locations inside the passage (mid-chord, 3/4-chord, and 4/4-chord) using a miniature high-frequency response ...

    • A Piezoelectric Valve-Less Pump-Dynamic Model 

      Amos Ullmann; Ilan Fono; Yehuda Taitel (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      A complete dynamic model for the simulation of the valve-less piezoelectric pump performance is presented. In this model the piezoelectric action is considered as a periodic force acting on a ...

    • Measurements of Air Entrainment by Bow Waves 

      T. A. Waniewski; Research Scientist; C. E. Brennen; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; F. Raichlen; Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      This paper describes measurements of the air entrained in experiments simulating the breaking bow wave of a ship for Froude numbers between two and three. The experiments and the characteristics ...

    • Numerical Simulation of Human Exposure to Aerosols Generated During Compressed Air Spray-Painting in Cross-Flow Ventilated Booths 

      Michael R. Flynn; Eric D. Sills (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      This paper examines the use of computational fluid dynamics as a tool for predicting human exposure to aerosols generated during compressed air spray painting in cross-flow ventilated booths. ...

    • Rough Wall Modification of Two-Layer k−ε 

      P. A. Durbin; G. Medic; J.-M. Seo; J. K. Eaton; S. Song (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      A formulation is developed to apply the two-layer k−ε model to rough surfaces. The approach involves modifying the lν formula and the boundary condition on k. A hydrodynamic roughness length ...

    • Modeling of Laminar-Turbulent Transition for High Freestream Turbulence 

      J. Steelant; Marie-Curie Research Fellow; E. Dick (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      To simulate transitional skin friction or heat transfer, the conditionally averaged Navier-Stokes equations are used. To describe the diffusion of freestream turbulence into the boundary layer and ...

    • Gas-Liquid Distribution in the Developing Region of Horizontal Intermittent Flows 

      M. Fossa (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      Experiments have been carried out to analyze the evolution of the air/water flow structure along a horizontal 60 mm i.d. straight pipe. Plug and slug flow regimes were observed. In order to ...

    • Modeling of 2-D Leakage Jet Cavitation as a Basic Study of Tip Leakage Vortex Cavitation 

      Satoshi Watanabe; Hiraku Seki; Seiji Higashi; Kazuhiko Yokota; Research Associate; Yoshinobu Tsujimoto (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      As the first step of the study of cavitation in the tip leakage flow in turbomachinery, experimental and numerical investigations on characteristics of 2-D leakage jet cavitation are conducted. ...

    • Generalization of νt-92 Turbulence Model for Shear-Free and Stagnation Point Flows 

      A. N. Secundov; M. Kh. Strelets; A. K. Travin; Research Scientist (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)
      The one-equation, eddy-viscosity transport model of Gulyaev, Kozlov, and Secundov, νt-92, is modified and supplemented by an equation for the turbulence length scale. The advantages of the model ...