Experiments on vortex funnel formation during drainage

M. Piva, M. Iglesias, P. Bissio and A. Calvo

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2003, vol. 329, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: We studied the vortex formation during drainage of water from a cylindrical vessel. The rate at which the vortex grows into a full funnel was found to depend on the initial velocity field characterized by Vθi, the maximum tangential velocity on the free surface and the nozzle location relative to the cylinder axis. We present a simple model to explain the observed results. This work provides important information especially for industrial process, for instance in steel continuous casting process.

Keywords: Rotating fluid; Vortex; Drainage; Free surface (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437103005946
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:329:y:2003:i:1:p:1-6

DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00594-6

Access Statistics for this article

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications is currently edited by K. A. Dawson, J. O. Indekeu, H.E. Stanley and C. Tsallis

More articles in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().