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_id: '6486'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Based on a novel control scheme, where a steady modification of the streamwise
velocity profile leads to complete relaminarization of initially fully turbulent
pipe flow, we investigate the applicability and usefulness of custom-shaped honeycombs
for such control. The custom-shaped honeycombs are used as stationary flow management
devices which generate specific modifications of the streamwise velocity profile.
Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry and pressure drop measurements are used
to investigate and capture the development of the relaminarizing flow downstream
these devices. We compare the performance of straight (constant length across
the radius of the pipe) honeycombs with custom-shaped ones (variable length across
the radius) and try to determine the optimal shape for maximal relaminarization
at minimal pressure loss. The optimally modified streamwise velocity profile is
found to be M-shaped, and the maximum attainable Reynolds number for total relaminarization
is found to be of the order of 10,000. Consequently, the respective reduction
in skin friction downstream of the device is almost by a factor of 5. The break-even
point, where the additional pressure drop caused by the device is balanced by
the savings due to relaminarization and a net gain is obtained, corresponds to
a downstream stretch of distances as low as approximately 100 pipe diameters of
laminar flow.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: M-Shop
article_number: '111105'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Kühnen, Jakob
id: 3A47AE32-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Kühnen
orcid: 0000-0003-4312-0179
- first_name: Davide
full_name: Scarselli, Davide
id: 40315C30-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Scarselli
orcid: 0000-0001-5227-4271
- first_name: Björn
full_name: Hof, Björn
id: 3A374330-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Hof
orcid: 0000-0003-2057-2754
citation:
ama: Kühnen J, Scarselli D, Hof B. Relaminarization of pipe flow by means of 3D-printed
shaped honeycombs. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 2019;141(11). doi:10.1115/1.4043494
apa: Kühnen, J., Scarselli, D., & Hof, B. (2019). Relaminarization of pipe flow
by means of 3D-printed shaped honeycombs. Journal of Fluids Engineering.
ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043494
chicago: Kühnen, Jakob, Davide Scarselli, and Björn Hof. “Relaminarization of Pipe
Flow by Means of 3D-Printed Shaped Honeycombs.” Journal of Fluids Engineering.
ASME, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043494.
ieee: J. Kühnen, D. Scarselli, and B. Hof, “Relaminarization of pipe flow by means
of 3D-printed shaped honeycombs,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 141,
no. 11. ASME, 2019.
ista: Kühnen J, Scarselli D, Hof B. 2019. Relaminarization of pipe flow by means
of 3D-printed shaped honeycombs. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 141(11), 111105.
mla: Kühnen, Jakob, et al. “Relaminarization of Pipe Flow by Means of 3D-Printed
Shaped Honeycombs.” Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 141, no. 11, 111105,
ASME, 2019, doi:10.1115/1.4043494.
short: J. Kühnen, D. Scarselli, B. Hof, Journal of Fluids Engineering 141 (2019).
date_created: 2019-05-26T21:59:13Z
date_published: 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:35Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: BjHo
doi: 10.1115/1.4043494
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1809.07625'
isi:
- '000487748600005'
intvolume: ' 141'
isi: 1
issue: '11'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.07625
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
project:
- _id: 25152F3A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '306589'
name: Decoding the complexity of turbulence at its origin
publication: Journal of Fluids Engineering
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1528901X
issn:
- '00982202'
publication_status: published
publisher: ASME
quality_controlled: '1'
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scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Relaminarization of pipe flow by means of 3D-printed shaped honeycombs
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