Return to axi-symmetry for pipe flows generated after a fractal orifice

DOI10.1088/0169-5983/45/6/061402MaRDI QIDQ4979657zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Franck C. G. A. Nicolleau

Publication date 24 June 2014

Published in Fluid Dynamics Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.09199

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05)

Abstract: We present experimental results obtained from pipe flows generated by fractal shaped orifices or openings. We compare different fractal orifices and their efficiencies to re-generate axi-symmetric flows and to return to the standard flow generated by a perforated plate or a circular orifice plate. We consider two families of fractal openings: mono-orifice and complex-orifice and emphasize the differences between the two fractal families. For the Reynolds number we use, we found that there is an optimum iteration for the fractal level above which no improvement for practical application such as flowmetering is to be expected. The main parameters we propose for the characterisation of the fractal orifice are the connexity parameter, the symmetry angle and the gap to the wall $delt{a}_g^{\ast }$. The results presented here are among the firsts for flows forced through fractal openings and will serve as reference for future studies and bench marks for numerical applications.

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