Our experiment employs the Hele shaw setup which produces a flow pattern similar to that of potential flow. The flow is actually a highly viscous flow between two parallel plates with a very small gap between them. The tanks are connected to the rectangular slit formed by the transparent sheets by a set of small holes arranged in a row.
Our experiment employs the Hele shaw setup which produces a flow pattern similar to that of potential flow. The flow is actually a highly viscous flow between two parallel plates with a very small gap between them. The tanks are connected to the rectangular slit formed by the transparent sheets by a set of small holes arranged in a row.
Our experiment employs the Hele shaw setup which produces a flow pattern similar to that of potential flow. The flow is actually a highly viscous flow between two parallel plates with a very small gap between them. The tanks are connected to the rectangular slit formed by the transparent sheets by a set of small holes arranged in a row.
Course title: Measurements in Fluid Mechanics Course Number: AE611 Instructor: Debopam Das Teaching Assistant:
Author Name: Prakash Chouhan Experiment Contacted on: August 5, 2014 Report Submitted on: August 12, 2014 Signature:
Table of Contents Objectives.............................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ......................................................... 2 Experiments ........................................................................................2 Experimental Set-up .........................................2 Description of equipments used.............................................................. 2 Procedure.................................................................................................. 2 Precaution................................................................................................. 2 Description of data taken... 2 Results and Discussion........................................................................................ 3 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 4 Remarks for future improvement..5
Objectives: To study the potential flow patterns over streamlined and bluff bodies. To study the effects of viscous flow at low Reynolds Number.
Introduction: Our experiment employs the Hele shaw setup which produces a Flow pattern similar to that of potential flow. The flow is actually a highly viscous flow between two parallel plates with a very small gap between them. The flow through this apparatus is 2-D, low-speed.Although the flow is at low Reynolds number, this has a wide application in the Flow visualization apparatus as it produces the streamlines of potential flow.
Experimental Set-up: The equipment consists of two parallel plates made of thick transparent glass clamped together along the edges with a narrow space of 1 to 2 mm between them. The uniform narrow space between the plates is attached to two small tanks of rectangular cross-section at the top end. The tanks are connected to the rectangular slit formed by the transparent sheets by a set of small holes arranged in a row. The other end of a rectangular slit is made to terminate in a circular hole by gradually narrowing it. One of the tanks is filled with water and other with the potassium permanganate. The passage is kept closed and the apparatus is kept vertical. Once the circular passage at the bottom end is opened, the flow of water and dye take place through the rectangular passage thereby maintaining the uniform flow field is established in the rectangular slit of the Hele-Shaw apparatus
Procedure:
Mount the Hele-Shaw apparatus in a vertical position. Place the model at the middle of the test section Start the flow around the model Time taken to fill the height of the measuring beaker shall be noted to calculate the volumetric flow rate Photograph the flow Change the angle of attack and visualize the change in flow features Visualize the flow patterns for different models.
Precaution The gap between the plates will be low as possible. Apparatus shouldnt be disturbed while flow is on. Volumetric Flow rate should be measure cautiously
Description of data taken Area of the flow passage between the parallel plates from the tank is computed. Volumetric flow rate is computed from the measuring beaker. Velocity (m/s) = Volumetric flow rate (m^3/s) / Area (m^2) .
Discussion Airfoil Flow appears to be ideal with no drag and viscous effects. The flow is symmetric irrespective of change in angle of attack as the streamline pattern above and below is same. Change in the angle of attack there is a change in the location of stagnation point Viscous forces are absent and no separation zone.
Cylinder Flow appears to be ideal with no drag and viscous effects The flow seems is symmetric as the streamline pattern above and below is same. Viscous forces are absent and no separation zone.
Conclusions: At low Reynolds number potential flow can be considered. No viscous forces results in slip condition, thereby no wake is generated.
Remarks for future improvement By increasing the size of apparatus we can analyze bigger models