Conservation-Law Approach for Transition in Pipe Flows

Kanda, Takeshi

doi:10.2322/tjsass.59.356

“…In ordinary pipe flow, the dynamic pressure becomes static pressure in the laminar-to-turbulent transition because the momentum of the laminar flow is greater than that of the turbulent flow [10,11]. When the change from momentum to pressure occurred in region LL-T, the momentum change of the laminar and turbulent flows was equal to the pressure change, expressed by the difference of friction factors between laminar and turbulent flows:…”

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Study of the reverse transition in pipe flow

Kanda,

Ykoo,

Yamamoto

et al. 2023

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In the reverse transition in pipe flow, turbulent flow changes to less disturbed laminar flow. The entropy of the flow appears to decrease. This study examined the reverse transition experimentally and theoretically using entropy change and momentum balance models, not in terms of disturbance in the flow. The reverse transition was accomplished by decreasing the Reynolds number. The transitions approximately correlated with local Reynolds numbers. The initial Reynolds number of the transition became larger, and the pressure at low Reynolds numbers was greater than in ordinary pipe flow. These behaviours were caused by turbulent flow in the pipe undergoing a reverse transition. We showed that the entropy did not decrease in the reverse transition by including the entropy due to friction in the development region.

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“…In ordinary pipe flow, the dynamic pressure becomes static pressure in the laminar-to-turbulent transition because the momentum of the laminar flow is greater than that of the turbulent flow 10 , 11 . This change starts approximately at Re D = 1200 in the ordinary transition.…”

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“…Kanda 10 studied a typical laminar-to-turbulent transition in straight-pipe flow by momentum balance in the transition region. Hattori et al 11 revealed that the inflow turbulence from the development region into the transition region affected the downstream transition condition by entropy change, not in terms of disturbance.…”

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Study of the reverse transition in pipe flow

YOKOO

¹

,

Matsumoto

²

,

Yamada

³

et al. 2023

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In the reverse transition in pipe flow, turbulent flow changes to less disturbed laminar flow. The entropy of the flow appears to decrease. This study examined the reverse transition experimentally and theoretically using entropy change and momentum balance models, not in terms of disturbance in the flow. The reverse transition was accomplished by decreasing the Reynolds number. The transitions approximately correlated with local Reynolds numbers. The initial Reynolds number of the transition became larger, and the pressure at low Reynolds numbers was greater than in ordinary pipe flow. These behaviours were caused by turbulent flow in the pipe undergoing a reverse transition. We showed that the entropy did not decrease in the reverse transition by including the entropy due to friction in the development region.

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Experimental study of laminar-to-turbulent transition in pipe flow

Hattori

¹

,

Wada

²

,

YOKOO

³

et al. 2022

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This paper describes an experimental study of the unforced laminar-to-turbulent transition in pipe flow. Two pipes with different length-to-diameter ratios are investigated, and the transition phenomenon is studied using pressure measurements and visual observations. The entropy change and force balance are examined, and the peak powers are measured through fast Fourier transform analysis at various Reynolds numbers. Visual observations show that the flow structure changes at the Reynolds numbers corresponding to the peak powers. There is no clear dependency of the transition on the ratio of pipe length to diameter. The flow conditions are classified as laminar flow, transitions I, II, and III, and turbulent flow, separated by Reynolds numbers of approximately 1200, 2300, 7000, and 12 000, respectively. The transition at a Reynolds number of 1200 is caused by the force balance between the laminar and turbulent flows. The other transitions are related to the flow condition in the development region upstream of the pipe flow region. That is, the laminar-to-turbulent transition in the development region affects the transition condition in the downstream pipe flow. The laminar and turbulent development length ratios derived from the entropy changes are in reasonable agreement with the formulas for both laminar and turbulent flows. At large Reynolds numbers, the laminar flow condition will be established through the creation of a laminar-flow velocity profile at the entrance to the pipe.

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Conservation-Law Approach for Transition in Pipe Flows

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Study of the reverse transition in pipe flow

Study of the reverse transition in pipe flow

Study of the reverse transition in pipe flow

Experimental study of laminar-to-turbulent transition in pipe flow

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