Influence of upstream development on the losses incurred by flow past an axisymmetric sudden contraction

K Ajayi, G Papadopoulos, F Durst - 36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences …, 1998 - arc.aiaa.org
The effect of upstream development variation by means of a controlled artificial perturbation
was investigated for laminar to moderately high Reynolds number flows past a sudden …

A functional relationship for modeling laminar to turbulent flow transitions

G Papadopoulos - Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A dimensional analysis which is based on the scaling of the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes
equations is presented for correlating bulk flow characteristics arising from a variety of initial …

[PDF][PDF] Turbulent flow past a sudden contraction in a pipe

KT Ajayi, G Papadopoulos, F Durst - ASME Fluids Engineering …, 1998 - researchgate.net
Measurements of turbulent flow past a sudden contraction in a pipe were performed for
several Reynolds numbers in the range of 3400 to 10,000 (based on upstream conditions) to …

A Functional Scaling Relationship for Laminar to Turbulent Flow Regimes

G Papadopoulos - Fluids Engineering Division …, 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A dimensional analysis that is based on the scaling of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes
equations is presented for correlating bulk flow characteristics arising from a variety of initial …