Research Article
May 1976

Mean Energy in Gradually Diverging Flow

Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 102, Issue 5

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A 6 conical diffuser connecting two long straight circular pipes was used to determine the mean energy characteristics in gradually expanding air flow. Mean pressures, mean velocities, turbulent shear stresses, and longitudinal, transverse, and circumferential velocity fluctuations were measured not only in the diffuser but for a distance of 50 downstream pipe diameters downstream from the end of the diffuser. A detailed analysis of the flow was made using the differential and integrated mean energy equations. Particular emphasis was placed in determining the process of uniform flow reestablishment in the downstream pipe.

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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 102Issue 5May 1976
Pages: 581 - 597

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Published in print: May 1976
Published online: Feb 3, 2021

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Alan F. Babb, M.ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Washington State Univ., Pullman, Wash
Jaime Amorocho, F.ASCE
Prof. of Water Sci. and Civ. Engrg., Univ. of California, Davis, Calif

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