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Fluid flow around and through a screen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J.-K. Koo  and
David F. James
J.-K. Koo
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
David F. James
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
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Abstract

A mathematical model is proposed for steady two-dimensional flow around a submerged screen. The general problem analysed is the flow in a parallel-sided channel partially spanned by a screen, and the fluid is considered to be inviscid except at the screen, where the flow has the required pressure drop. The model is constructed by first replacing the screen with a distribution of sources and then manipulating the stream function for this flow so that the mass and momentum balances across the screen are satisfied. Consequently the model predicts a flow field which is realistic except for the expected discontinuity in velocity between the wake and external flow. In general, the governing equations must be solved numerically, but for the important case of a plane screen oriented normal or roughly normal to the approaching flow, an approximate analytical solution is possible. The accuracy of the model was ascertained by conducting wind-tunnel tests on screens of various solidities and orientations, and comparing the measured downstream velocity distributions with those predicted by the numerical and analytical solutions of the model. Overall, the theoretical results agree well with the experimental data, showing that the model is valid for screens of low and high solidity, in fact, for pressure drop coefficients up to 10. Comparisons with the work of others show that the proposed model is also accurate for the special cases of a screen submerged in an infinite flow field and of a screen spanning the full width of the channel.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , 18 September 1973 , pp. 513 - 538
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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