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Vukman V Bakić

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A FLOW AROUND A SPHERE

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the experimental results for the flow around a sphere: a smooth sphere in flow with low inlet turbulence, a sphere with trip wire and a sphere in flow with high free stream turbulence, at sub critical Reynolds number. The mean velocity field and the turbulence quantities are obtained using laser-Doppler anemometry. Comparison of velocity field and turbulence character is tics for different flow configuration are given.

KEYWORDS

sphere, turbulence, laser-Doppler anemometry, grid, trip wire

PAPER SUBMITTED: 2004-02-06

PAPER REVISED: 2004-03-16

PAPER ACCEPTED: 2004-04-18

DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI0401063B

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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2004, VOLUME 8, ISSUE No. 1, PAGES [63 - 81]

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