AbstractsEngineering

Radial flow without swirl between parallel disks.

by Paul. S. Moller




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Engineering.
Degree: Master of Engineering.
Year: 1961
Keywords: Mechanical Engineering.
Record ID: 1504339
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile113466.pdf


Abstract

Reprint: The Aeronautical Quarterly, Vol. XIV, May 1963, Radial flow without swirl between parallel disks. An understanding of radial flow between confined boundaries is of practical importance in the design of, for example, radial diffusers and air bearings. To this end a combined experimental and theoretical study has been made of radial flow, without swirl, between parallel disks using air at incompressible speeds. Emphasis has been placed on the pressure distribution sufficiently far downstream of the channel inlet for the entry conditions to be unimportant. However a study has also been made of the main features of the flow near the inlet, particularly within the annular separation bubble.