Radial flow without swirl between parallel disks.
Institution: | McGill University |
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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 |
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.