Journal of Fluids Engineering: Recent submissions
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Effect of Particle Characteristics on Trajectories and Blade Impact Patterns
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)This work presents the results of a detailed study of the effect of particle characteristics on the particle dynamics and on the resulting pattern of blade impacts in a two stage axial flow ... -
Navier-Stokes Computation of Radial Inflow Turbine Distributor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)A two-dimensional flow analysis of a radial inflow turbine distributor using full steady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations is made. The numerical prediction of the total energy loss ... -
A Model for Predicting Tip Vortex Cavitation Characteristics
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Effect of Separation on Partial Cavitation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Partially cavitating flow around a hydrofoil in a confined two-dimensional flow is presented. The calculation method, based on the singularities technique combined with a minimisation method, is ... -
Comparison of Holographic and Coulter Counter Measurements of Cavitation Nuclei in the Ocean
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Holographic and Coulter Counter detection techniques were jointly used to measure the concentration density distribution of cavitation nuclei in the ocean. Comparison of the two techniques indicates ... -
Observations on the Development of a Tip Vortex on a Rectangular Hydrofoil
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The present paper describes a flow visualization study that focuses the development of a tip vortex on a rectangular NACA-66 hydrofoil. The experiments have been performed in a towing tank. ... -
Temperature Effects on Single Bubble Collapse and Induced Impulsive Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)In relation to the temperature effect in cavitation damage, the collapse of a single bubble in water over a wide range of temperatures was experimentally studied. A spark-induced bubble was ... -
A Comparison of Algebraic and Differential Second-Moment Closures for Axisymmetric Turbulent Shear Flows With and Without Swirl
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Computations are reported for three axisymmetric turbulent jets, two of which are swirling and one containing swirl-induced recirculation, obtained with two models of turbulence: a differential ... -
The Effect of Particle Shape on Pressure Drop in Turbulent Pipe Flow of a Gas-Solid Suspension
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The pressure drop was measured for air suspensions of spherical paricles and two types of fibrous partcles, all having mean diameters of between 8 and 20 μm, in the same apparatus and at ... -
Discussion: “Noise and Erosion of Self-Resonating Cavitation Jets” (Chahine, G. L., and Courbiere, P., 1987, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 109, pp. 429–435)
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Discussion: “Erosion Due to Impingement of Cavitating Jet” (Yamaguchi, A., and Shimizu, S., 1987, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 109, pp. 442–447)
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Basic Elements in a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experience: An Engineering Science Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Experiments for a first fluid mechanics course are described. The basic concepts of pressure and velocity as the primitive variables, the control volume equations and the field equations with ... -
Fluids Engineering Education: Current Status and Future Directions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)This paper presents a summary of panel presentations at the 1986 ASME Winter Annual Meeting. A total of eleven panelists from university, industry, and governmental organizations participated in ... -
Performance of Butterfly Valves as a Flow Controller
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Butterfly valves have been used for shut-off and throttling-control application. It is found that the information available on loss coefficients of butterfly valves for good throttling control ... -
Analyses of Hydrodynamic Radial Forces on Centrifugal Pump Impellers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Hydrodynamic interactions that occur between a centrifugal pump impeller and a volute are experimentally and theoretically investigated. The theoretical analysis considers the inability of the ... -
An Experimental and Numerical Study of Flow and Convective Heat Transfer in a Freely Falling Curtain of Particles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The flow characteristics and convective heat transfer in a freely falling curtain of spherical particles with an average diameter of 650 μm has been studied experimentally and numerically. Both ... -
Sensitivity of Three Sensor Hot Wire Probe to Yaw and Pitch Angle Variation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The use of a three sensor hot wire probe for the measurement of three-dimensional flow field is increasing rapidly. This probe is very sensitive to yaw and pitch angle variations and existing ... -
The Dynamics of Small Annular Jets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The experiments on small annular water jets performed by Hoffman et al. (1980) are analyzed by using a mathematical model similar to that developed by these authors. Such mathematical model ... -
Development of the Reattached Flow Behind Surface-Mounted Two-Dimensional Prisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Velocity and turbulence measurements are presented for the region after reattachment behind a two dimensional surface-mounted prism of varying length. The prism is mounted on the floor of an ... -
Thermally Induced Flow in a Rotating Annulus Filled With a Compressible Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The thermally induced flow field, in a rapidly rotating container consisting of a pair of coaxial cylinders bounded on the top and bottom by horizontal end plates, is considered. The top plate ...