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Flow between a Rotating and a Stationary Disc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

F. J. Bayley and
J. M. Owen
F. J. Bayley
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
J. M. Owen
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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This paper deals with the effects of a superimposed radial outflow upon the motion of the fluid between a rotating and a stationary plane disc. This is an idealisation of the situation found in advanced turbo-machinery in which cooling of the rotor faces is necessary. The boundary layer approximations to the equations of fluid motion are integrated by an extension of the numerical technique proposed in Ref. 11. Predictions of drag torque and radial pressure distributions are compared with experimental results from a 30 in (762 mm) diameter system, using a range of speeds up to 4000 rev/min, while varying the axial spacing and rate of imposed radial flow. Qualitative agreement was satisfactory throughout the range, but quantitative discrepancies in the estimates of drag and in the pressure distributions at certain flow conditions suggest that the simple mixing length hypothesis used in this analysis for the turbulent shear terms in the equations of motion is not universally adequate.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , November 1969, pp. 333 - 354
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1964

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