Abstract
A pulsating laminar flow of a viscous, incompressible fluid through a pipe with an orifice has been studied at relatively low Reynolds numbers. The motion is caused by an imposed sinusoidally varying pressure difference, Δp(t). The induced flow rate, Q(t), has a phase shift, φQ, with respect to the imposed pressure oscillations. We have used that a phase (x,y)-plane instantaneous state plot of two phase-shifted trajectories: x(t =sin(ωt+φx) and y(t)=sin(ωl+φy , is an ellipse. The ellipses of the instantaneous states Q(t) vs Δp(t) during a cycle allow readily computing the phase shift, ΔQ.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2081-2083 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physics of Fluids |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes