Experimental analysis of turbulent structure of viscoelastic fluid flow in downstream of two-dimensional orifice

D. Tsurumi, S. Kawada, T. Kawase, T. Tsukahara, Y. Kawaguchi

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Abstract

We performed PIV measurements on the turbulent orifice flows of water and of viscoelastic fluid in two orthogonally different planes, namely, x-y and x-z plane: x, y, and z are the streamwise, wall-normal and spanwise directions, respectively. In the orifice flow of the viscoelastic fluid, a 150-ppm cationic surfactant CTAC (cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride) solution, spanwise Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices emanating from the orifice edge were damped and wall-normal turbulent motions were greatly suppressed. On the other hand, high-speed fluid streaks in the separated shear layer were found to be almost similar to the water flow by the x-z-plane observation, implying the existence of streamwise vortices in the shear layer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2367-2376
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume2012-September
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event7th International Symposium On Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, THMT 2012 - Palermo, Italy
Duration: 24 Sept 201227 Sept 2012

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